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Ask HN: Office politics while working from home
Now that a lot of people are working from home: how did office politics change? Is there less of it or do you see a continuation of office politics with other means? Another option is that one is not supposed to talk about this topic...
- rotterdamdev 6y agoThey cannot push identity politics and diversity bullshit anymore. The management is starting to realise that some of their blue haired hires aren't doing much.
- Spooky23 6y agoIt’s different. A lot of the bullshit you’d be aware of due to being able to see people is renewed because everyone hasn’t figured out how people operate. I think we’ll see how it works out as companies start purging.
- muzani 6y agoThere are politics in online games and forums where nobody sees each other. I've been in Slack groups with lots of private gossip channels. I don't think office politics will change much. One of my favourite quotes: "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." - Robert E. Howard (Conan) The lack of any physical response may make people even ruder with one another. Though it will cut down on office affairs and the like.
- wffhhhthrowaway 6y agoI work 2 hours less per day. I take a lot more breaks, and no one seems to notice. As long as they think I am as productive as ever, it's all good, I guess, sort of? We know how this would normally play out in the office world: "ah! You can work more than before, amazing. You now need to work more. Oh, and we're simply a small startup, the pay raise will be the same, regardless of your performance." Now I do get my promotions in more free time.