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It is quite weird that we have all these up-votes (including my own) but no answers. I think that the real answer might be something quite embarrassing, and po

It is quite weird that we have all these up-votes (including my own) but no answers. I think that the real answer might be something quite embarrassing, and politically incorrect.

jedberg 10y ago
I think it has a lot of up votes from people who want remote jobs but can't find them. They want to see what people say here so that they can better form their objections/arguments for making a job remote.
- ohjeez 10y ago
  ...which is why I want to write this feature article. I'm sure the same people will read it! ::laughing::
aylons 10y ago
I'm more prone to believe the answer is dull and not well-defined, on the likes of: - We really don't know how to deal with the differences, and it is scary to try; - There are some company process that we are afraid of changing to accommodate telecommuting; - The risks and costs outweigh the benefits, or the benefits are fuzzy while the risks and costs are clear; - etc
- aggieben 10y ago
  Yep. I bet this covers 95% of cases.
- aurelianito 10y ago
  Those are the excuses. I think the actual reasons are much more sad, visceral and disgusting.
- deleted 10y ago
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eggie 10y ago
> I think that the real answer might be something quite embarrassing, and politically incorrect. I'm curious what you think it might be. I would guess here but lack experience to guide my guess.
- aurelianito 10y ago
  It is really politically incorrect. I prefer to keep it to myself.
- deleted 10y ago
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Grishnakh 10y ago
What up-votes? I can barely read the Ask-HN question, it's such a light shade of gray. Someone really doesn't like it it seems. I gave it an up-vote anyway, because this is an interesting and highly relevant topic in the tech field, though I'm dubious of getting any substantive responses from anyone who's any kind of manager.
- nitrogen 10y ago
  The Ask HN text is always gray.
- biot 10y ago
  All text submissions are the same. HN really should change the styling as even the most upvoted text submission by the HN staff shows up as the same dim text, like this one from 'dang', a moderator: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675
  - Grishnakh 10y ago
    Thanks for the clarification. They really should fix that, it's confusing for one (because down-modded posts are also light gray), and secondly because it's just plain hard to read.
eeZah7Ux 10y ago
Spot on. Many companies try experimenting with remote working by hiring cheap and not skilled enough labor from countries with low average salaries and then blame remote working itself, or "cultural and language barriers" for the failures.

It is quite weird that we have all these up-votes (including my own) but no answers. I think that the real answer might be something quite embarrassing, and politically incorrect.

jedberg 10y ago

I think it has a lot of up votes from people who want remote jobs but can't find them. They want to see what people say here so that they can better form their objections/arguments for making a job remote.

ohjeez 10y ago
...which is why I want to write this feature article. I'm sure the same people will read it! ::laughing::

aylons 10y ago

I'm more prone to believe the answer is dull and not well-defined, on the likes of: - We really don't know how to deal with the differences, and it is scary to try; - There are some company process that we are afraid of changing to accommodate telecommuting; - The risks and costs outweigh the benefits, or the benefits are fuzzy while the risks and costs are clear; - etc

aggieben 10y ago
Yep. I bet this covers 95% of cases.
aurelianito 10y ago
Those are the excuses. I think the actual reasons are much more sad, visceral and disgusting.
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eggie 10y ago

> I think that the real answer might be something quite embarrassing, and politically incorrect. I'm curious what you think it might be. I would guess here but lack experience to guide my guess.

aurelianito 10y ago
It is really politically incorrect. I prefer to keep it to myself.
deleted 10y ago
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Grishnakh 10y ago

What up-votes? I can barely read the Ask-HN question, it's such a light shade of gray. Someone really doesn't like it it seems. I gave it an up-vote anyway, because this is an interesting and highly relevant topic in the tech field, though I'm dubious of getting any substantive responses from anyone who's any kind of manager.

nitrogen 10y ago
The Ask HN text is always gray.
biot 10y ago
All text submissions are the same. HN really should change the styling as even the most upvoted text submission by the HN staff shows up as the same dim text, like this one from 'dang', a moderator: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073675
- Grishnakh 10y ago
  Thanks for the clarification. They really should fix that, it's confusing for one (because down-modded posts are also light gray), and secondly because it's just plain hard to read.

eeZah7Ux 10y ago

Spot on. Many companies try experimenting with remote working by hiring cheap and not skilled enough labor from countries with low average salaries and then blame remote working itself, or "cultural and language barriers" for the failures.