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That's a great point. Perhaps the sweet spot is a hybrid between the two, with mandated "shared" hours where you fraternize with peers in a lax environment in
by kakarot 9y ago
That's a great point.
Perhaps the sweet spot is a hybrid between the two, with mandated "shared" hours where you fraternize with peers in a lax environment in addition to your time spent hacking away in the office free from distraction.
If you really need to get something done, bring your laptop or speak with your supervisor about temporary exemption.
Even if "work" is not being produced in the narrow sense, fraternization has undeniable benefits to a company's culture, productivity, and overall cohesiveness.
- gfodor 9y agoTo me for software engineering I think right now a good local optimum is: - Ensure portability of workstations with no loss of productivity (powerful laptops, devices, etc) - Counteract any dynamics that may inhibit opt-in WFH or remote time. (poor tools, cultural perception that it is not productive to wfh, etc) - Provide in-office tools to opt-in to better isolation (headphones, private 'plug and play' workstations, etc) - Try to develop some form of cadence where remote time is the norm on regular intervals. For us it's Tu/Thurs, but you could imagine lots of configurations. People I believe tend to then backlog work which requires dedicated focus for these days.