On the teams I've been on that mobbed extensively there were still people who preferred to work alone. Fortunately the other team members respected that everyon

On the teams I've been on that mobbed extensively there were still people who preferred to work alone. Fortunately the other team members respected that everyone has a different preference and work style. Sometimes it's good to stretch one's comfort zone to try new things, and I'd encourage those who haven't tried mobbing to try it occasionally, but I wouldn't recommend it as something to do all the time. If it's a forced thing or something you do without question or exception, it'll easily become one or two people doing all the work with another just watching or joking around, and sometimes it's not easy to recognize who should be splitting off and who should be staying on, so often everyone stays on with different people alternately drifting in and out of an engaged, participatory state.