Re:Working from home is powering productivity
by mellosouls on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:57AM
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The solution to this conundrum is to give people a choice.
Except that if most choose full time remote, then those who favour hybrid (like me) or RTO have their choice made for them wrt collaboration and the other reasons given in the parent comment, so unfortunately, no, that's not really a solution.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity
by davidcbc on Saturday October 12, 2024 @09:20AM
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If most people choose full time remote if given the option then it's pretty selfish to demand they all go to the office because you prefer it.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity
by mellosouls on Monday October 14, 2024 @09:12AM
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Its not as simple as a democratic choice, that was my point. Work isn't like that.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity
by lolinder on Saturday October 12, 2024 @09:25AM
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A bunch of reluctantly-at-the-office coworkers isn't going to be the collaboration utopia you're hoping for. If you end up with an empty office because everyone chose WFH, switch companies.
Eventually things will balance out, with people in companies that have the right balance for them.
Re:Working from home is powering productivity
by mellosouls on Monday October 14, 2024 @09:16AM
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Many positives to remote work, but an improvement in collaboration and team ethos is hardly one of them!
Of course. Apart from the WFH majority there also vocal proponents of hybrid (and I believe some who believe in full RTO, although these seem to be very few).
The solution to this conundrum is to give people a choice. Yes, I worked for a few companies who do just that and everybody is happy! Those who want it, come to the office, those who don't, work from where they wish. Everybody's happy, and it's just that simple. The fact that most companies are afraid of even considering giving people a choice is a sign of... I don't know, a "tunnel vision"?