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> That really does happen better in person. Prior to 2020 this was certainly the conventional conjecture, but the world has had two years of full remote. That’
by jonathankoren 5y ago
> That really does happen better in person.
Prior to 2020 this was certainly the conventional conjecture, but the world has had two years of full remote. That’s a natural experiment, and the results are in. Companies didn’t collapse. Therefore, that’s not true.
Even in The Before Times, I lead a team that was effectively 100% distributed across North America, with only about half us capable of physically meeting once or twice a week. There as no difference. Slack the person, or hop on a call.
Personally, I think the real reason that’s driving return to work is big companies wasting literally billions of dollars on real estate. Better stick folks in those boxes, or the execs made a huge mistake, and of course execs didn’t make a mistake, because the execs are geniuses to revival the demigods.
- jdlshore 5y ago> Therefore, that’s not true. Your argument doesn’t follow. GP claimed that in-person is better, not that it prevents companies from collapsing.
- jonathankoren 5y agoQuiet pedant.
- jdlshore 5y agoThat’s not the way we do things here. Please engage with the argument being made rather than making insults.
- jonathankoren 5y agoLook, if you’re going to make pedantic comments, instead of engaging with the argument, you’re not acting in good faith, and there’s no reason why anyone should treat your comment like it is.
- erik_seaberg 5y agoA well-controlled experiment in remote work would have provisioned quiet, furnished home offices. Whatever we learn from the last two years, we need to keep in mind that it started off with surprise school closures and webcam shortages. I was lucky work let me take home a fancy monitor and chair.