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Is it the lack of communication or the lack of spontaneous socializing with coworkers? Dont get me wrong, I think the latter is probably underrated, but I dont

by midjji 5y ago

Is it the lack of communication or the lack of spontaneous socializing with coworkers? Dont get me wrong, I think the latter is probably underrated, but I dont know if thats what you are missing?

rsynnott 5y ago
I think there’s also another aspect that gets missed; the lack of being around other humans, which is subtly different to socialising. Pre-covid, most people were around multiple other people for most of their waking life. I don’t think it’s at all surprising that a mode of working where you spend every working day without seeing another human is causing some people difficulty.
- midjji 5y ago
  Thats a good point! It is difficult to explain what is missing when the less social half of the office is missing, especially as it seems like even the absence of people you dont speak to, is felt. It is hardly fair to expect people, especially who dont want it themselves people or aren't even friends with to not work from home for such reasons. Though it may well be that many introverts need on this more than extroverts, despite often wanting remote. My point is that leadership is primarily ensuring a social environment where people work well, and the ones who figure this out will benefit greatly.
acwan93 5y ago
I think it's a mix of language and company structure. We are a bilingual company where people speak a mix of Mandarin and English, and sometimes it's just too much of a pain to communicate to someone in English in text when you've been primarily speaking to them in Mandarin. That and a lot of technical terms are in English, so that also adds a layer of complexity in remote work when trying to mix English and Chinese. Our company also is on the older side (in longevity), even though we're a small business the company has a lot of systems in place that's not equipped for remote work. I'm really trying to change this since I firmly believe hybrid seems to be the way to go moving forward.

by midjji 5y ago

Is it the lack of communication or the lack of spontaneous socializing with coworkers? Dont get me wrong, I think the latter is probably underrated, but I dont know if thats what you are missing?

rsynnott 5y ago

I think there’s also another aspect that gets missed; the lack of being around other humans, which is subtly different to socialising. Pre-covid, most people were around multiple other people for most of their waking life. I don’t think it’s at all surprising that a mode of working where you spend every working day without seeing another human is causing some people difficulty.

midjji 5y ago
Thats a good point! It is difficult to explain what is missing when the less social half of the office is missing, especially as it seems like even the absence of people you dont speak to, is felt. It is hardly fair to expect people, especially who dont want it themselves people or aren't even friends with to not work from home for such reasons. Though it may well be that many introverts need on this more than extroverts, despite often wanting remote. My point is that leadership is primarily ensuring a social environment where people work well, and the ones who figure this out will benefit greatly.

acwan93 5y ago

I think it's a mix of language and company structure. We are a bilingual company where people speak a mix of Mandarin and English, and sometimes it's just too much of a pain to communicate to someone in English in text when you've been primarily speaking to them in Mandarin. That and a lot of technical terms are in English, so that also adds a layer of complexity in remote work when trying to mix English and Chinese. Our company also is on the older side (in longevity), even though we're a small business the company has a lot of systems in place that's not equipped for remote work. I'm really trying to change this since I firmly believe hybrid seems to be the way to go moving forward.