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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by gfodor on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:31PM (#27376611)
Seeing yourself produce more doesn't imply the net impact is positive. Because working from home (using 2020-era tools) greatly reduces social presence [1], which may be undermining team work, creative thinking, etc.

I'm a 100% remote work maximalist, I think in the long run physical offices for creative work will be non-existent. However, the fact is that the tools we have today are about 5-10 years behind where they need to be to be able to replace the social presence benefits of physical co-presence.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_presence_theory

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by andrei_says_ on Thursday June 03, 2021 @03:21AM (#27378136)
When working from the office I would not really speak face to face with teammembers - many of my colleagues are in different cities.
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