Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by listenallyall on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:06PM
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Discord, rich shared 3d spaces, GitHub Issues, wikis... Lol. Some people (most, I'd say) prefer going to lunch or to Starbucks with other people, leaving all the technology behind briefly, and simply talking. I think it's also more effective in getting a point across than any virtual medium.
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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by ilaksh on Sunday February 05, 2023 @05:45PM
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More effective how? You may have a higher bandwidth interface but the difference between a video chat audio call and in-person is not as big as people think it is. Also eye contact is coming soon to VR devices.
It's nice to be able to meet in person sometimes and going out is more fun. But it absolutely is not important for effective communication. Unless they literally have poor writing skills and/or poor reading comprehension.
Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by listenallyall on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:21PM
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> poor reading comprehension
Email and text (and surely Slack as well) are notorious for miscommunication as a result of missing emotion, lack of visual cues, not recognizing sarcasm/joking, etc. Dozens of studies and millions of personal experiences confirm this.