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Don't know which industry you're in but it feels like my managers work burden has increased, and not because they pestered me more - as an IC my work are more o
by Aperocky 6y ago
Don't know which industry you're in but it feels like my managers work burden has increased, and not because they pestered me more - as an IC my work are more or less unaffected, as even in office my development environment is cloud based anyways.
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- darkerside 6y agoI'd agree. As a manager, conversations that used to be side of desk are now 30 minute meetings. The entire day is wall to wall Zoom calls. I try not to pester my team but it's a fine line between that and failing to keep communication lines open in a remote environment.
- aantix 6y agoAsync audio messages seems like it would cut down on the meetings? Something like Yac? https://www.yac.com/ https://www.yac.com/ * Not a customer, investor, or the janitor. Just looks like a good solution to a wall of meetings.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI think there’s something different about real time conversation (whether typed or spoken) for certain problems, especially ones that just need to be solved ASAP with a good enough solution. Too much overhead or something with asynchronous communications, or having to “spin” up your thoughts regarding the issue every time feels taxing. As opposed to a quick back and forth chit chat that addresses any concerns that come to mind and then closing that task out.
- llarsson 6y agoAll the "crap, I got the answering machine instead" anxiety multiplied by also having video to worry about. That it is intentional does not really help, because you still have to deal with the inherent awkwardness of not knowing if your tone and message come across correctly in a one-way conversation without feedback.
- FeepingCreature 6y agoWonder if you could set up a chat system that only starts PMs on the hour. So if a conversation has no interaction for more than two minutes, it "dies" and you need to wait until the next full hour to restart it.
- Fumtumi 6y agoI hate it when i get a voice message from my family through whatsapp. Reading stuff is so much quicker. One college asks me if i have time to do a short video chat for the update i need; The coordination take sprobably a higher effort then just writing it down.
- aantix 6y agoThe product provides searchable transcriptions.
- Fumtumi 6y agoThe core feature/idea/thought on this product is still a voice message. Otherwise you can just use whatever you have used already anyway. Having something like this as main feature, means thats the default. In my opinion therefore not a good tool.
- mwigdahl 6y agoTo me, most of the benefits of async communication go out the window when you require me to listen (or watch) it as if it were synchronous. Putting in some effort on the sending side to express your thoughts as text makes things a lot more flexible for the receiver, and pays off big when you want more than one person to consume it.
- aantix 6y agoThe product provides searchable transcriptions. It's the second heading, right at the top when you click the link - "Cut down on meetings & calls with voice messages, searchable transcriptions & async screen sharing"
- mwigdahl 6y agoAh, cool, assuming the transcriptions are high quality. I was speaking more generally, not about this specific product, but it's nice that they see the value in text as well.
- ImprovedSilence 6y agoI know the whole world is obsessed with zoom calls currently, and sometimes its a good thing to see peoples faces in meetings. But I've found that just talking over the phone to be much less taxing than zoom. The fatigue is real! To the point where me and a few co-workers can just be conferenced in over the phone, and sometimes not talking for minutes at a time while working, but then collaborate at a seconds notice as if we were sharing an office again. (not that i'm advocating doing this for hours on end) Also, I don't know if this is in my head or just speaker or mic quality, or on phone/network noise cancellation, or what, but I've found landline calls to be much more clear and easy to converse than zoom or cell phone calls. I think that may be where some of the fatigue comes from.
- dvtrn 6y agoTalking on the phone at least means I can make a sandwich as we’re talking about what to talk about in the zoom meeting to have a briefing about the 2021 roadmap planning meeting. Harder to do that over zoom because of an org policy that include the words “camera on”
- dtech 6y agoI have the exact opposite experience. I can't have a phone call while doing something else since I don't have a hands-free set. With a wireless headset connected to my computer I have much more freedom, and at least I can continue some low-key work during meetings which aren't all that interesting or have a lull
- psmithsfhn 6y agoI am about to look for a new job and i'm hoping there are some companies out there that don't video zoom -- i feel like the video part is bad info, wasteful, stressful, etc.
- amit_bhalla 6y agoSo true.
- zimmern 6y agowhat is an IC? it means integrated circuit to me.
- jackcosgrove 6y agoIndividual contributor
- mindhash 6y agoI agree. As IC, I proactively keep the parties updated. So they don't disturb me while I am in the middle of something. Over communicating at times of my preference has been helpful