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Well, at least the idea that we all have to physically travel to a certain location is. It may be needed for certain jobs and may not be for everyone, but I th
by dabent 17y ago
Well, at least the idea that we all have to physically travel to a certain location is. It may be needed for certain jobs and may not be for everyone, but I think working from home could work from both the employer and the employee if it's implemented correctly. It also could reduce traffic and greenhouse gasses tremendously.
It's completely possible for IT jobs to be shipped overseas, yet the thought of a developer working remotely one day a week is still too much for most management to handle.
- thirdstation 17y agoFully agree. Having a developer work remotely requires the manager to also be more organized and work differently.
- larsberg 17y agoA single developer working remotely one day a week is easy to manage. On a team of 13+, coordinating remote day per week plus late starts for kid-drop-offs / early leaves for kid-pick-ups, vacation days, etc. makes it very hard to figure out when you can actually get the team together. In practice, the members of the team also suffer because you can't plan when you're going to block on needing to talk at a whiteboard with someone. I've also found colocation to be the only way to handle complicated design tasks. Team members who are around tend to exclude people who work remotely during key hours, relegating them to the easily separable work, which results in less impact and ultimately less pay and promotions.