Re:No more remote work at Yahoo
by edderly on Monday February 25, 2013 @08:52PM
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That observation about work as transactional vs social is great, thank you. It has summed up a problem which I hadn't found an adequate definition for.
It tallies with my experience that remote workers, integrated into a mostly office based environment does largely end up being transactional. Another problem is that there can be transactional workers in the office, and I would characterize those folks as usually the least likely to participate with remote workers too. So you can get a double hit.
However, the best remote setups I've seen have been where someone who largely works remotely is heavily social usually using their occasional time in the office effectively.
It tallies with my experience that remote workers, integrated into a mostly office based environment does largely end up being transactional. Another problem is that there can be transactional workers in the office, and I would characterize those folks as usually the least likely to participate with remote workers too. So you can get a double hit.
However, the best remote setups I've seen have been where someone who largely works remotely is heavily social usually using their occasional time in the office effectively.