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I love in-office culture. I really, really do. However, I think the only real way to create team bonding in modern global organizations is the "on-site", a semi

by aabhay 5y ago

I love in-office culture. I really, really do. However, I think the only real way to create team bonding in modern global organizations is the "on-site", a semi-regular team convergence to a specific place, often in a work-live environment or a mini office-park.

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jeppesen-io 5y ago
I'd agree, working at a multi county small company. Sometimes you just need to meet up. Particularly, if there's any language barrier. Eg. Native vs not native English speakers
MisterBastahrd 5y ago
Not from my experience. All you have to do to get that is to give them slack channels and allow them to speak freely in shared spaces. Everything will work itself out.
- ThrowawayR2 5y ago
  People are allowed to speak freely on the social Slack channels at my employer but they are all either dead silent or get at most 1-2 posts per week. There was a bit of activity at the beginning of the pandemic but it petered off to nothing.
  - bink 5y ago
    I moved from a company that had very active private and social channels to a company that has almost no social communications at all. The channels exist but no one uses them. It's eerie. It makes me think either people are afraid of saying anything or they just don't like talking to their coworkers unless they have to.
- spike021 5y ago
  Not from my experience. We had all the Slack channels, work ones and social ones (memes, rant channels about work experiences, etc.). Nobody on my previous team ever used a single one. Only people in other teams across the org, and not full participation from them either. IMO nothing just "worked itself out", and is a good part of why I chose to leave.
ceras 5y ago
I agree that fully remote teams benefit a lot from this. But this would be my least-favored option, personally: I can see why others like it, but traveling for work is too disruptive to my life. Especially global travel. I'd much rather just live near work and go into the office a couple days a week.
- ghaff 5y ago
  Heh. People differ. I'm perfectly fine never going into my local office which isn't a bad commute (well, one is one isn't). But one of the improvements to my quality of life this fall has been getting back to attending trade events and seeing people.

by aabhay 5y ago

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jeppesen-io 5y ago

I'd agree, working at a multi county small company. Sometimes you just need to meet up. Particularly, if there's any language barrier. Eg. Native vs not native English speakers

MisterBastahrd 5y ago

Not from my experience. All you have to do to get that is to give them slack channels and allow them to speak freely in shared spaces. Everything will work itself out.

ThrowawayR2 5y ago
People are allowed to speak freely on the social Slack channels at my employer but they are all either dead silent or get at most 1-2 posts per week. There was a bit of activity at the beginning of the pandemic but it petered off to nothing.
- bink 5y ago
  I moved from a company that had very active private and social channels to a company that has almost no social communications at all. The channels exist but no one uses them. It's eerie. It makes me think either people are afraid of saying anything or they just don't like talking to their coworkers unless they have to.
spike021 5y ago
Not from my experience. We had all the Slack channels, work ones and social ones (memes, rant channels about work experiences, etc.). Nobody on my previous team ever used a single one. Only people in other teams across the org, and not full participation from them either. IMO nothing just "worked itself out", and is a good part of why I chose to leave.

ceras 5y ago

I agree that fully remote teams benefit a lot from this. But this would be my least-favored option, personally: I can see why others like it, but traveling for work is too disruptive to my life. Especially global travel. I'd much rather just live near work and go into the office a couple days a week.

ghaff 5y ago
Heh. People differ. I'm perfectly fine never going into my local office which isn't a bad commute (well, one is one isn't). But one of the improvements to my quality of life this fall has been getting back to attending trade events and seeing people.