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It's telling that even the companies developing these technologies try to pack people as closely together as physically possible. Either there's no substitute f
by svachalek 7y ago
It's telling that even the companies developing these technologies try to pack people as closely together as physically possible. Either there's no substitute for physical proximity, or we've failed to discover it despite the massive financial incentives.
- GauntletWizard 7y agoI'm going to say it's completely opposite. I worked for a video chat company and the company was dramatically more productive on the whole when we had a substantial remote contingent. We were forced to use our product on the regular and understood our use case. When the company moved to consolidate, productivity suffered. Why consolidate, then? Mostly for the advantage of the people whose jobs were social. I don't think it was malicious, but I also don't think it was what was best for the company.