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Our work is very collaborative and being able to get quick feedback on some issue is nice. Having to ping them over chat is annoying because while it may resul
by gaoshan 5y ago
Our work is very collaborative and being able to get quick feedback on some issue is nice.
Having to ping them over chat is annoying because while it may result in a quick answer it may also just disappear into the ether (or the chat app fails to deliver, the person steps away but you don't know this, etc.).
Again, our work is collaborative and if someone wants to be left alone they throw on headphones in which case everyone knows to just ping them over chat so they can respond whenever is convenient for them.
- justrudd 5y agoIf I may, what industry do you work in that needs this level of collaboration and such a quick turnaround on it? I agree with you that it can be nice. But in thinking back on my career, I’ve never been in an industry that needed it (beyond dealing with operational events).
- loganfrederick 5y agoFor me the right middle ground was the collaborative coffee break. Different team members or even departments spend ten minutes walking or lounging in the kitchen, and that's where comradery and spontaneous ideas and collaboration can happen, without it disrupting the big chunks of flow in the day. This I do miss working from home.
- tikhonj 5y agoIt sounds like you're saying that work can't be collaborative without people interrupting each other with no warning, but that isn't my experience at all—my experience has been that the most collaborative work happens when people are intentional about how and when they communicate, which seems easier to encourage in a remote setting.