Re:No more remote work at Yahoo
by gcp on Monday February 25, 2013 @09:47AM
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the ability to resolve and issue face-to-face in 2 minutes rather than struggling on Skype, or waiting for emails.
If you're not coordinating your remote workers on an IRC-like system, you're likely doing it wrong. (That's my experience, if someone else has successfully used other systems I'd like to hear about it)
Also, if most of the team is on site and the remote people are a small minority, things are going to suck, unless management is also off-site.
Re:No more remote work at Yahoo
by codeordie on Monday February 25, 2013 @11:20AM
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I think you are spot on - I've done a lot of working from home, but it's by far the most satisfying when there's a chat room (or IRC) system setup. It makes it fun, I feel more connected, and I think we are more productive that way.
If you're not coordinating your remote workers on an IRC-like system, you're likely doing it wrong. (That's my experience, if someone else has successfully used other systems I'd like to hear about it)
Also, if most of the team is on site and the remote people are a small minority, things are going to suck, unless management is also off-site.