Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by Smaug123 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:15PM
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My team kept a Webex room open at the start of every morning for just turning up and chatting in; it would generally stay open in the background until everyone had left for meetings. It certainly worked well for us. Sometimes people just worked silently through it, but usually there was lots of chat.
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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by ineptech on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:23PM
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We don't have something like this (except for the bullshitting that usually occurs in the last few minutes of standup) but I'm thinking we should try it.
Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by nunez on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:49AM
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Not at all the same. Most people will just go back to their own stuff behind the camera. Also, Zoom is EXHAUSTING for a lot of people. You're talking at a monitor, not a person!
Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
by Smaug123 on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:53PM
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If you're allowed the "exhaustion" excuse, then I'm certainly allowed the same excuse for not going into the office! In-person interaction is EXHAUSTING for a lot of people. You're trying to absorb dozens more nonverbal cues at once!