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I'd go so far to say that wfh is (generally) great in the short term, and awful in the long term. Like, when an existing team goes WFH (e.g. when lockdown firs
by rowanajmarshall 5y ago
I'd go so far to say that wfh is (generally) great in the short term, and awful in the long term.
Like, when an existing team goes WFH (e.g. when lockdown first kicked in), everyone already knows each other. You have your banter channels, you know who knows what about what, and for those conversations you'd prefer not to have on Slack you have non-company backchannels (e.g. WhatsApp).
But in the long term, after new people join the company and others leave, this degrades. It takes far longer for newbies to get to know people, social ties weaken, and trust falters. Doubly so for early-career joiners, who likely haven't worked an office job before.
- onion2k 5y agoBut in the long term, after new people join the company and others leave, this degrades. It takes far longer for newbies to get to know people, social ties weaken, and trust falters. Doubly so for early-career joiners, who likely haven't worked an office job before. That's all true if you let it happen. You don't have to though. If you recognize the problem you can put resources into addressing it.