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The politics are greatly reduced when everyone is remote. No “in group” lunches or beers after work… There are entire categories of drama that wfh eliminates.
by luffapi 5y ago
The politics are greatly reduced when everyone is remote. No “in group” lunches or beers after work…
There are entire categories of drama that wfh eliminates.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoIt doesn't eliminate them, it just hides them from you.
- luffapi 5y agoNo it eliminates them. In office drinking, office romances, listening to petty personal problems… all completely vaporized in wfh.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoYou're just not on those Zoom calls. Presumably the office romances/drinking sessions are gone, but politics continues unabated. Perhaps this is fine for you, but I want to point out to others that just because you don't see this happening anymore, doesn't mean that it has actually stopped happening.
- luffapi 5y ago> Presumably the office romances/drinking sessions are gone That’s a huge win and those aren’t the only detriments eliminated when you don’t force grown adults into a high school like environment.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoFor you. For the happy marriages that didn't happen, probably not. I suggest that lots of this WFH/WFO stuff is super personal, and what benefits one may disadvantage another, so it'll be interesting to see how all of this pans out over the next few years.
- marcinzm 5y agoBasecamp was a fully remote company that got enough drama to cause almost half the employees to leave within a single month. Remote doesn't prevent in-groups but rather it allows them to grow in really odd ways without anyone noticing until it's too late to stop cleanly.