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This is the problem with pretty much all of these articles. Some employees ARE more productive. Some are just as a productive but are happier because they hav
by Ensorceled 4y ago
This is the problem with pretty much all of these articles.
Some employees ARE more productive. Some are just as a productive but are happier because they have no commute. Some are LESS productive because they need the team structure. Some are less productive because they can get away with goofing off.
All of these things are true and they might all be true within a single team.
- lelanthran 4y ago> All of these things are true and they might all be true within a single team. Might even be true for a single person at different times of the week.
- martin_a 4y ago> Might even be true for a single person at different times of the week. Here I am, sitting in the office, getting nothing done because I had a stressful weekend. Should have stayed at home, cooked something nice for lunch and slept an hour. Would probably have been better for my productivity, but corporate thinks it's better when people are present.
- petra 4y agoIs there a way to provide the team structure online? Who does that well? What should be a good starting point researching this?
- liveoneggs 4y agoget into your chat room and start typing, freely mix on-topic and off-topic talk, reply to every message you can, ask questions about emails and tickets, talk about what you're doing right now, ask questions about other projects
- Ensorceled 4y agoStandard scrum accountability. Everybody says good morning to the team when then the start their day. Daily stand-ups. Weekly 1-1s. These are all pretty standard but become critical remote. I have informal 1-1s to go over problems and promote jumping on a call with another dev if things are going sideways. Often our daily scrums end with some developer telling another: "Ok, I'll call you in 5 to go over that" which is a good sign. As a manager it's more work, I can't just drop in on someone I know is struggling and ask how things are going and get them to show what that thing they are working on and then just let that conversation evolve ... I need to be more explicit and often more confrontational.
- kranke155 4y agoJust evaluate performance on speed of tasks done. If someone is underdelivering, get rid of them. It’s that simple. The “are they goofing off” part is just speculation in your part.
- Ensorceled 4y agoI try not to speculate on why people are unproductive, I just ask them in the next 1-1
- otabdeveloper4 4y agoSome people are underdelivering because they lack the training and mentorship they need but can't get when working remotely.