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Re:Is remote work bad for the economy? by twh270 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:22AM (#34611696)
Most of these can largely be mitigated if teams/organizations intentionally support socializing and interaction. For example - the team I'm currently on hold all meetings with cameras turned on (it's the social norm, not an official policy); twice a week we hold a "social programming" session which is more for idle chitchat than being productive; and we encourage pairing and group work - not because we think it's more productive (it may or may not be) but because it's sometimes more enjoyable or less frustrating.

On the flip side, a former shop basically treated remote workers as if we were robots. Everything was about 'productivity'. One of the most inhumane places I've been.

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