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Re:Why do so many people want us back in the office? by josephg on Saturday September 12, 2020 @06:55PM (#24456604)
One of the problems of remote work is that it’s kind of an all or nothing thing for your team. If some people are in the office and some people work from home, inevitably (in my experience) a lot of small decisions get made in the office without consulting the remote workers. And that creates a divide - the people in the office end up with more power and authority than the remote folks.

Some teams fight this with some strict rules - eg insisting conversations between people sitting next to each other happen over slack. But I think it will usually work better in the long run if either everyone is in the office or basically everyone is remote.

Re:Why do so many people want us back in the office? by mkhpalm on Sunday September 13, 2020 @03:54AM (#24459232)
I understand what you're saying but only with respect to global remote hires. I've seen the same attempts to fight it. But with local hires and optional wfh you just let that sort of problem work itself out. If the by-choice wfh person feels like they are left out its on them to do something about it. Its a personal problem not a team problem.
Re:Why do so many people want us back in the office? by josephg on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:27AM (#24459862)
“You’re welcome to work from home, so long as you’re happy being systematically forgotten about in team decisions and passed over for promotions.”

Yeah, that’d definitely work itself out; but it’s not what I would describe as a remote friendly workplace.

Re:Why do so many people want us back in the office? by mkhpalm on Sunday September 13, 2020 @02:01PM (#24462659)
I can't tell what you're arguing. An employee makes a daily conscious decision to wfh and is then upset about any consequences of doing so? Is this person an adult?
Re:Why do so many people want us back in the office? by josephg on Sunday September 13, 2020 @04:56PM (#24463890)
I think it’s ridiculous to accept those sort of downsides for remote workers. Working remotely doesn’t have to be a second class citizen to working from the office. It takes work to set up, but it can work great.