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doesn't have to be ground breaking research, could just be ideas for product iteration or for an employees own side project. Benefits individuals more than the

• jokethrowaway 5y ago
  The way this benefits the company is that individuals are happy and create relationships with coworkers making work more enjoyable and making it harder to quit. Companies wants you to feel like a family so you'll stay for a lower salary or so you'll accept more grueling conditions. Knowing this, from a company perspective, remote can work if individuals have a way to create relationships. In my experience, some people bond over work but most bond by spending time with each other doing friendly activities which are not work related. An in-person party or a holiday is the best option but some online gaming is a decent substitute in these authoritarian times. Some people swear by virtual coffees rotations that randomly match people but I had a couple of good ones and dozens of cringy/weird. None of them ended up being positive for creating relationships, at best it was useful for knowing who is who.
  • xeromal 5y ago
    Gaming definitely helps. I've been playing through the Halo campaigns with a couple of my coworkers and it's been great.
  • wanderingmind 5y ago
    "Companies wants you to feel like a family"> I strongly recommend everyone to browse through blind once a few weeks to dispel any such notion.