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I've been working with a company now remotely for about 3 years. We've only all met in person with 100% of the team maybe 3 times since I started. Partial team
by tibbon 15y ago
I've been working with a company now remotely for about 3 years. We've only all met in person with 100% of the team maybe 3 times since I started. Partial team meeting with more than 2 people perhaps 6 times.
I do agree that culturally it can make for a weaker culture. I'm not really "friends" with any of my co-workers like I have been at all my prior companies. I've never worked on side projects with my coworkers after-hours like I have prior. It isn't the same.
Yet, I think its really the culture that we set because of the people we have and/or the tone set by management, not because remote working is a bad idea. We probably could be all a lot closer if management set that as a cultural goal.
I agree, there is certainly a difference between having someone come in your office and sending you an email.
It would seem the solution, as you've identified, is to have some scheduled and semi-frequent in-person interaction in a non-rushed manner.
- ams6110 15y agoInteresting aside about coworker friendships. Is that common? In over 20 years of professional employment, I've had a friendship like that develop only once. Not that things weren't friendly and cordial at work, but very rarely did that extend to a personal friendship outside the office.
- tibbon 15y agoHard to say. I'm a very friendly person and I really like getting to know my coworkers. Some environments are better than others I guess. While I wasn't a "coworker" with them, I made a ton of good friends at the betahouse coworking loft in Cambridge.