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> And who looks after the kids or elderly parents when you're physically in the office? You know, when you are WFH, you are supposed to work. Looking after kid

> And who looks after the kids or elderly parents when you're physically in the office? You know, when you are WFH, you are supposed to work. Looking after kids is not working for your employer, unless you are coasting at your job. In which case, such jobs should be consolidated. I think that's what happened at Yahoo back in the day.

re-thc 4y ago
And when you're in the office you are supposed to work. So why are people complaining about missing out on "small talk" or anything else non-work? Same same.
- RestlessMind 4y ago
  Small talk helps forge bonds between team members. As an exec, I actuall encourage people mingling over lunches, coffees or walks because that creates better teams in my experience.
  - re-thc 4y ago
    Yes - your experience - that's the problem i.e. the past. Might as well you say we don't need the Internet because in your experience floppy disks are fine. Why don't you do an actual comparison or study? As in did you have a team with the exact conditions minus small talk and 1 with small talk and then concluded the small talk 1 created better teams? No. So how do you know which 1 it was? I hope execs lead people forward with correct decisions using sound logic and not some vague correlation. Are we going for the 5G causes COVID drama too? In my experience the rumor might hold some value...
    - RestlessMind 4y ago
      > Why don't you do an actual comparison or study? What makes you think I haven't done so? I have surveyed enough people at work and socially. A majority prefers hybrid, a small number favors fully remote while a small numbers wants fully in-office. Top reasons people wanted to come in office: meeting everyone in person, getting complex work (eg. designing a system) done, getting mentorship and onboarding help, free food. Top reasons people wanted to WFH: traffic. There are a handful of cases on extreme ends with patterns like: hating social interaction, not having right conditions at home to work from etc.

re-thc 4y ago

And when you're in the office you are supposed to work. So why are people complaining about missing out on "small talk" or anything else non-work? Same same.

RestlessMind 4y ago
Small talk helps forge bonds between team members. As an exec, I actuall encourage people mingling over lunches, coffees or walks because that creates better teams in my experience.
- re-thc 4y ago
  Yes - your experience - that's the problem i.e. the past. Might as well you say we don't need the Internet because in your experience floppy disks are fine. Why don't you do an actual comparison or study? As in did you have a team with the exact conditions minus small talk and 1 with small talk and then concluded the small talk 1 created better teams? No. So how do you know which 1 it was? I hope execs lead people forward with correct decisions using sound logic and not some vague correlation. Are we going for the 5G causes COVID drama too? In my experience the rumor might hold some value...
  - RestlessMind 4y ago
    > Why don't you do an actual comparison or study? What makes you think I haven't done so? I have surveyed enough people at work and socially. A majority prefers hybrid, a small number favors fully remote while a small numbers wants fully in-office. Top reasons people wanted to come in office: meeting everyone in person, getting complex work (eg. designing a system) done, getting mentorship and onboarding help, free food. Top reasons people wanted to WFH: traffic. There are a handful of cases on extreme ends with patterns like: hating social interaction, not having right conditions at home to work from etc.