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One challenge about hiring new employees to work remotely. I think many tech companies have managed to make work from home work mostly (modulo issues with kid
by tytso 6y ago
One challenge about hiring new employees to work remotely. I think many tech companies have managed to make work from home work mostly (modulo issues with kids who can't go to school, etc.) have been successful because the team building that had already taken place pre-COVID-19. With new employees, it will be much harder to build cohesive teames, as opposed to maintaining the cohesion of an existing team.
There are solutions, once it's safe again. You can fly everyone to a common location once or twice a year, but that's not cheap. And so far at least for me, attempts to do team social video conferences have had at least mixed success. It does help with reconnecting socially, but video conferences are tiring in a way that in-person meetings are not.