Having worked the full range of situations (full telecommute, full office, and everything in between) I can say that, for me at least, an arrangement like this is optimal.
- Working in the office every day is a complete productivity drain for me.
- Working from home every day makes it more complicated to collaborate with coworkers (especially over highly visual whiteboarding situations.
- Splitting the difference has worked really well. Generally we picked one day where we were always in the office (as much for social interaction as meetings). In addition, each of us was perfectly willing to come in 1-2 other days a week if there was a need.
Splitting the difference is by far my favorite mode.
Re:No more remote work at Yahoo
by wyqueshocec on Monday February 25, 2013 @10:35AM
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I worked on a team last year that did this. Wednesdays and Fridays.
It worked so well that I am trying to get it implemented at my current place. If I ever become a manager, I will probably implement this among my team, too.
I've found that I really enjoy this arrangement. I still feel like we have team cohesion while at the same time I can get done my transactional work two days out of the week without being disturbed. We schedule meetings where we need to collaborate for M-W-F. If we do need to get together on T-Th then we fire up a Google Hangout.
For me it seems like the best of both worlds. I reduce my commute and transportation costs 40% without really losing a lot in return.