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Re:Work for a remote culture by georgehotelling on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @04:32PM (#9893883)
A, B and D would be affecting on-site developers just as much as the remotes, but C (communication) is the thing that requires unique abilities for a remote worker.

If either the worker or the company is not good at communicating, that will cause serious problems. Poor communication from the managers can easily cause poor motivation and execution problems from the workers. If a worker is not communicating blocks or reaching out for the help they need, that can also lead to those problems.

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Re:Work for a remote culture by fweespeech on Thursday July 16, 2015 @09:38AM (#9897046)
Yes but I don't agree "C" is a "unique" ability for remotes. Our operations/IT stuff always has someone who is technically remote due to business travel.

I have a side project with volunteers working on it remotely as well.

I don't see it as a separate problem. People either can communicate effectively via text/phone....or they can't. In an office environment, you still need that. About 50% of my stakeholders are "remote" as they work in other companies many miles away.

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