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> But in 1950, if you wanted to just ask a quick question of your colleague Joe, you'd walk over to his office and ask him verbally. Have we lost legs? >Today
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> But in 1950, if you wanted to just ask a quick question of your colleague Joe, you'd walk over to his office and ask him verbally.
Have we lost legs?
>Today, if you want to ask a quick question of your colleague Joe (who might be in a different state), you just send him a message on Slack
What would you use in 1950's, a phone, a letter? Have we lost phones? Do you think preserving paper letters was easier than preserving slack messages?
It is not the problem of the justice system that your employer has decided to put Joe in a different state.
- izacus 4y ago> Have we lost legs? How do you walk to your colleague when you WFH? I remember topics here where mandatory office was deemed a crime against humanity on HN.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoI have personal phone numbers of coleagues I consider friends. Gossip stays out of any corporate machine. Why are people so suprised that court want the messages? What do you think will happen if someone makes an HR complaint, or you assert some boundaries against unreasonable boss? Anything you say in corporate software can be used against you