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N = 1. The fact is no one knows how it shakes out across teams and organizations and whether it heightens the learning curve for new employees who do not benefi
by voisin 6y ago
N = 1. The fact is no one knows how it shakes out across teams and organizations and whether it heightens the learning curve for new employees who do not benefit from the informal chatter around them, or whether it increases employee turnover in the long run.
Seems irresponsible to make organization wide bets like this without proper testing. “Move fast and break things” applies to culture too I suppose.
- bobthepanda 6y agoEven if it makes some people more productive, it also doesn't necessarily apply to everyone, and wasn't a core complaint of remote workers that remote work policy was too one-size-fits-all? I would imagine you would see more flexibility afforded by employers but full remote is probably a fantasy.
- voisin 6y agoIndividual flexibility can have detrimental impacts to team performance. So then shouldn’t the flexibility be awarded to whomever’s P&L is hit by a decrease to productivity? How else do you internalize the negative externalities? How would this differ from the pre-Covid status quo?
- bobthepanda 6y agoPersonally I don't know how much of a problem this is. Where I work, the preexisting policy was "feel free to work whenever so long as you are still available during work hours and doing what you're expected to do". So for me flexibility was already the status quo.