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Re:Deloitte tells staff they can work from home forever by nostrebored on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:19PM (#27587575)
This just isn't true. Office culture requires people and regularity. The ability to go and tap someone on the shoulder is priceless.

WFH makes businesses less effective.

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Re:Deloitte tells staff they can work from home forever by noisy_boy on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:01AM (#27587857)
> The ability to go and tap someone on the shoulder is priceless

Indeed and the annoyance I feel from that while I'm trying to concentrate is matchless.

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Re:Deloitte tells staff they can work from home forever by etripe on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:42AM (#27590430)
Tapping on the shoulder can mean two things: "riddle me this" and "drop everything because I'm more important". The former can be replaced by a chat app. The latter is a stopgap for a failure to plan and goes with an adhocracy.

If a company became less efficient due to a lack of "drop everything" taps on the shoulder, it wasn't efficient in the first place.

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