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Trouble is, it only works if everyone is remote or everyone is in the office. "Piecemeal" situation does not work - remote people will be left out, and disadvan
by m0zg 6y ago
Trouble is, it only works if everyone is remote or everyone is in the office. "Piecemeal" situation does not work - remote people will be left out, and disadvantaged in terms of their career progression. So if they are serious about remote, they should commit to being remote only. Yes, some people won't like it, at least initially. But most of them will get used to it over time, same as they got used to the ridiculous proposition of spending a good chunk of their lives in traffic every day without getting paid, or not seeing their spouse and children for more than a few hours a day, or not being able to take a nap when they are tired, or sitting in a distracting noisy environment and being unable to focus, etc, etc.
- ghaff 6y ago>Trouble is, it only works if everyone is remote or everyone is in the office. "Piecemeal" situation does not work Piecemeal is more difficult but it's basically what my company was pre-COVID and presumably will be again (with probably a lot more remote) posy-COVID. It does mean the people who are co-located need to have the discipline to treat decision-making, etc. as if everyone is remote. It probably helps that we're a somewhat larger company so most things are piecemeal anyway--people working together are in multiple offices even if they're not working at home.
- m0zg 6y agoDiscipline requires upkeep and it will eventually deteriorate. You want to set things up such that discipline is not required: either the "right" outcome is the lowest energy state, or the "wrong" thing is logistically impossible. Fundamentally, this is the secret to successful people management in general. Anything else doesn't really work in the long term.