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Just a personal story; but I think remote work can only work if the entire team (or at least the majority of the team) is remote. I'm currently the only remote
by woutr_be 7y ago
Just a personal story; but I think remote work can only work if the entire team (or at least the majority of the team) is remote. I'm currently the only remote person in the team, and it's so frustrating. For them, getting me involved in anything is an extra step, as to them I'm the only remote person. But for me, everyone is remote, and I have a lot more expectations about communication and meetings.
Just to name one thing; meetings that start 5-10 minutes late. For them it's normal, because they're in the room, or walking to the room, or at least aware as to why a meeting is starting late. To me, it's 15 minutes wasted, and there's no communication what's going on.
We're getting better at it tho; or at least, I've lowered my expectations of them. I know that I will be left out of meetings frequently, I know that every meeting will start 5-10 minutes late.
That said, I love working remotely, although I would prefer to find a team that's used to it.
- lewaldman 7y agoI'm not getting the problem with the meetings... Why you don't just... log on Zoom on the correct time and leave it running while you do actual work on another screen/monitor/window? Eventually they will get to their senses and stop being late.
- woutr_be 7y agoMost of it is just being in the unknown, it’s incredibly frustrating to just having to sit there and wait not knowing what’s going on. Obviously I can continue to do work, but the frustration is still there. Like I said, for them it’s natural, they know what’s going on, if they don’t communicate that, I don’t know.