Ask HN: What is the most unnecessary thing that your workplace requires?

Re:Ask HN: What is the most unnecessary thing that your work... by tra3 on Friday August 05, 2022 @07:32PM (#32363168)

I feel like there’s gotta be a minimum face to face communication threshold for remote teams..a status meeting is a good reason for that. In the olden days when everything was in person meeting, I’d totally agree.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the most unnecessary thing that your work... by rolfeb on Saturday August 06, 2022 @04:54AM (#32366293)

I totally agree. With everyone work remotely (in my teams), there's huge scope for becoming isolated and disconnected. We have a daily status meeting, but it is specifically set up so that the 50% of the time is for talking shit.

When you check in with how you're going, you're allowed to say anything except "Good". "Good" means you didn't think about your answer...

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Re:Ask HN: What is the most unnecessary thing that your work... by EddieDante on Saturday August 06, 2022 @10:16AM (#32368300)

> "Good" means you didn't think about your answer...

Bullshit. I gave my answer plenty of thought, and came to the conclusion that, "Mind your own business. Let's focus on work." would be counterproductive.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the most unnecessary thing that your work... by EddieDante on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:39PM (#32363988)

Zoom with video on isn't face to face.

Neither is a conference call.

Face to face only makes sense when everybody is working in the same location, not when they're scattered across the width of a continent, and to me face to face isn't worth the hassle of commuting when I don't get paid for the time, expense, and risk to life and limb that driving to work entails.

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