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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by luffapi on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @09:45PM (#27376275)
> Maintaining a remote team is significantly more management and communication overhead than simply having people in one place.

I’ve managed both types of teams and haven’t found this to be the case at all. In fact, quite the opposite. Asynchronous communication as the norm is a lot less demanding on ICs and managers. In person meetings are rarely an effective use of time or energy.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by simfree on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:00PM (#27376379)
In person meetings make some participants in said meeting feel good.

Besides this factor, in person meetings can often be less effective than email or a group chat.

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