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In my view, onsite work is only good for two things: 1. Team building. There is no doubt being around the office is good for socialising and creating stronger
by mpermar 11y ago
In my view, onsite work is only good for two things:
1. Team building. There is no doubt being around the office is good for socialising and creating stronger bounds.
2. Stronger junior people or people that need direction. Many, many, many developers are only good when they have the superstars around. It's people that need direction and help. Having the stronger workers around make these other average workers stronger.
If your team is made of superstars/hyper-professionals then there is no obvious reason not to be doing remote work. If on the other hand your team is mostly made of regular 9-5 workers, well, not doing remote work must just be the excuse for hiding some other bigger issue in the organisation.
- colmvp 11y agoI do remote work and I honestly miss the team building. There's an incalculable benefit to me to socialize on a daily basis with a consistent group of people. A great deal of ex-coworkers from non-remote work jobs are still good friends of mine who I communicate on a weekly basis. And it came from gradual and steady interactions. Being remote has made it very hard to build closeness with a lot of the people within the company, especially the newcomers. It's arguable whether or not closeness or friendship is important to a team, but I'll say that I perform better when I personally care about the people I'm working with. Furthermore, by not being there (while others are) I also miss out on spontaneous information sharing that happens between people in moments like sitting away from the computer, having lunch together, or lining up to wait for something. It's also difficult to participate with small groups who go on-site to observe customer behavior. I'm not against remote work because the benefits largely outweigh the negatives. It's just after over two years of doing so, I've gradually moved to the belief that I really prefer a split solution where I come into the office once every few days to energize/adjust my connection with the team.