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> After three days at coffee shops, your neck starts to hurt. Don't work from coffee shops. That's just a bad idea anyway, as your CSO will tell you. > Three
by parenthephobia 10y ago
> After three days at coffee shops, your neck starts to hurt.
Don't work from coffee shops. That's just a bad idea anyway, as your CSO will tell you.
> Three days at home and you feel like a loner.
Nope. I work from home 4 days out of 5, and I'm constantly in communication with my workmates. I also have friends outside of work. Even then, I like being alone. Don't hire autophobes to work remotely!
> Face-to-face meetings are most efficient
I hear people say this, but rarely do I see evidence. Informal face-to-face meetings often end faster, but they often leave important issues unexamined. Face-to-face meetings also prevent everyone from working when they're happening. With email and even instant messaging, I can participate in a conversation even if I'm not available when somebody else wants to start it.
> Technology is always iffy. In meetings, it boils down to Wi-Fi speeds, audio quality, and lags
Learn to use text to communicate. IRC/Slack works fine over slow connections. Plus, the minutes write themselves!
> Remote work doesn’t allow for quick adaptation or response to ad hoc issues.
Your remote workers should have phones. Reserve them for when you actually need to contact them urgently and they won't just ignore them.
> Some PMs are understanding of time zone differences and ad hoc travel reschedules while others prefer fixing meeting times and office hours.
This is a problem with your PMs. You can't have remote working whilst allowing PMs to run projects in a way that's not compatible with it.
> Balls are dropped or people reinvent the wheel because they are unaware another team member has taken action already.
Anyone who's worked in an office will know that also happens in an office. It's important to have a method of tracking what work is being done, or not being done, whether or not everyone is in the same office, unless your company is 3 people sitting around the same desk.