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> able to tap people on the shoulder for quick questions rather than having to ping them over chat The ability for me to switch of chat/email and just get stuf

> able to tap people on the shoulder for quick questions rather than having to ping them over chat The ability for me to switch of chat/email and just get stuff done, without people tapping on my shoulder or standing next to me because they want something is one of the key reasons why I have been working from home for the past 10 years. I’ll come to the office for a week or two every 8 weeks or so, and that’s it. My productivity takes an insane nosedive in the office, simply because open-plan, interruptions and distractions.

Leherenn 5y ago
I am ok with people switching off for a while, but then you really need to catch up, otherwise it's really painful for people working with you. I've had colleagues who would maybe quickly look at their mail/chat once a day (usually early in the morning before most people arrived). Latency is high, but that's manageable. But the most annoying is that maybe you would get an answer, maybe not. So you would need to ping them several times over several media, hoping one catches their attention. In meetings you regularly have to re-state/explain stuff because it was sent in a email and they didn't read it, while everyone else is up to date. A common example: assign them a MR. Gitlab is too noisy (by default), so they redirect every mail from Gitlab to the trash and don't get a notification. You ping them on chat about the MR, wait a couple of days, no review. So you re-ping them. This time a review happens, maybe the next day. There are some comments, so you fix/answer them. Of course they don't know that you did (and don't check), so you need to re-ping them and wait. Depending on how insistent you are, even a small MR can take a week or two. The end result (which might be what they want ultimately) is that you avoid collaborating with them as much as possible because of how painful it is.

Leherenn 5y ago

I am ok with people switching off for a while, but then you really need to catch up, otherwise it's really painful for people working with you. I've had colleagues who would maybe quickly look at their mail/chat once a day (usually early in the morning before most people arrived). Latency is high, but that's manageable. But the most annoying is that maybe you would get an answer, maybe not. So you would need to ping them several times over several media, hoping one catches their attention. In meetings you regularly have to re-state/explain stuff because it was sent in a email and they didn't read it, while everyone else is up to date. A common example: assign them a MR. Gitlab is too noisy (by default), so they redirect every mail from Gitlab to the trash and don't get a notification. You ping them on chat about the MR, wait a couple of days, no review. So you re-ping them. This time a review happens, maybe the next day. There are some comments, so you fix/answer them. Of course they don't know that you did (and don't check), so you need to re-ping them and wait. Depending on how insistent you are, even a small MR can take a week or two. The end result (which might be what they want ultimately) is that you avoid collaborating with them as much as possible because of how painful it is.