Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2014)
by kethinov on Monday December 01, 2014 @02:13PM
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Yes, I completely agree and didn't mean to imply otherwise.
Working remotely is a skill unto itself like any other and it must be developed and honed across an organization.
I guess what frustrates me is so few people see a need to develop and hone that skill. Some even actively argue against doing so.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2014)
by jjarmoc on Monday December 01, 2014 @04:19PM
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Another aspect to consider is that given the sensitive nature of our work and access to what is often crown-jewel intellectual property, we have several clients who require we work from their offices. They are sometimes unwilling to cover travel costs. With a more geographically distributed base of employees we'd either have to eat the costs of bringing someone remote in for these projects, or rely more heavily on the now smaller subset of our staff that is present in these geographies. Neither is a desirable scenario.
Most of us like working in an office close to home, and don't like traveling a lot. It works for us.
It is nearly impossible to just throw a new toolkit at a company and expect them to be able to thereby switch from an in person culture to a remote one.
It requires a transition of culture, which in turn requires both vision and support of the switch from the leadership of an organization.
Certainly remote collaboration works. But there is more to it than just flipping a switch or adding some tools.