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That metric of "basically people worked longer hours and had more meetings, but the output per unit of time went down" sounds like people doing busy-work to loo
by lalos 5y ago
That metric of "basically people worked longer hours and had more meetings, but the output per unit of time went down" sounds like people doing busy-work to look busy and fill their calendars because its harder to signal that you are 'there' when working remotely. Useless meeting time increased dis-proportionally, and by useless I mean "this could have been a self-documenting email conversation".
- Robotbeat 5y agoEven email is, for many thorny issues, much less efficient, potentially, than a phone call or a real face to face meeting. And phone calls have fallen out of style. I can’t help but think of how many email chains stretching out over weeks could’ve been resolved in 5 minutes if everyone were in the same room (and not in a meeting context, but standing up near a computer) and were insistent on actually getting the problem solved.
- giraffe_lady 5y agoI've also worked placed that prided themselves on this approach and it wasn't really any better in my experience. You end up in more sessions where your presence probably isn't necessary, but it's hard to be sure ahead of time so there you are. Also a hilariously high percentage of these "problem solving sessions" ended with the need for someone to go off and attempt or research something individually and then bring the results back. Which... should have just been an email yeah.
- Robotbeat 5y agoYeah, I’m not sure that formalizing it in sessions would help. Just having people around can help.