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Fair enough. It's definitely possible to be equally productive remotely but many people find it challenging. Some frankly admit that they will procrastinate whi

Fair enough. It's definitely possible to be equally productive remotely but many people find it challenging. Some frankly admit that they will procrastinate while working from home. Some have small children or roommates that distract them. But maybe if the company made it a goal to have all employees be "fully remote capable" that could go a long way to prepping them to work productively from home while sick.

axaxs 7y ago
As a long time remote employee, this absolutely needs to be addressed as a company or at least team in order to work. I've been on a lot of teams. Some have constant one off meetings, whiteboard sessions, and lot of general back channel conversations. Those are not fun to work on, and you constantly feel behind, missing out, and frankly, forgotten. This itself makes me feel less productive, or perhaps be less productive, since nobody is paying attention anyways. Others design collaboration in a way that doesn't necessarily hinder folks, while being more conducive to working anywhere. All conversations via slack/hangouts, screen sharing instead of whiteboarding, document everything in some type of wiki, etc. Those make my life much easier. The expectation of constant involvement alone makes it harder to 'procrastinate.' I won't say one is better than the other overall, but if a company is to succeed in having employees work remotely, it needs to lean towards the latter.