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I have noticed that senior employees, rather selfishly, advocate for full remote work. This robs junior people of valuable one on one mentorship and makes it e

by fooker 4y ago

I have noticed that senior employees, rather selfishly, advocate for full remote work. This robs junior people of valuable one on one mentorship and makes it extremely difficult to gain domain expertise and break into niche fields.

helij 4y ago
When I was an associate/junior I longed for remote work but seniors tried to keep me in the office as much as they could. Now that I am a senior I advocate for remote work to enable associates/juniors that want to work from home to do so. We have offices and whoever wants to do so can work from the office. Many associates/juniors use that opportunity but still the general consensus is that flexibility is the key here - they maybe come to the office once or twice a week.
- fooker 4y ago
  > flexibility is the key here I'm not sure about this. Flexibility brings uncertainty, and if you are not sure about who's going to be there in the office, there's not much value proposition to go and check. If you know for sure that all/most people are going to be there, this equation changes considerably. That being said, I think it makes sense to reduce physical presence to ~2-3 days a week, unless having two work environments is cumbersome.
  - helij 4y ago
    We always communicate and somehow end up in the office together. There's always a way. Many weeks someone says 'I'll be in the office on this day. Anyone else coming in?' And then a few people say yep, let's do it.
spudlyo 4y ago
I disagree with the premise that valuable one on one mentorship requires a physical presence. I've done a lot of mentoring over Slack and Zoom, and at least on my side, it was a rewarding experience.
- fooker 4y ago
  >at least on my side This might be the keyword here though.
foogazi 4y ago
Everyone is selfish - aren’t the junior employees being selfish too ?
- fooker 4y ago
  Sure, but they are usually not in a position to influence any decision making here.
imetatroll 4y ago
How does sharing a screen to look over code with a colleague meaningfully change in person? I don't see it.
- fooker 4y ago
  That's troubleshooting really, not mentoring.

by fooker 4y ago

helij 4y ago

When I was an associate/junior I longed for remote work but seniors tried to keep me in the office as much as they could. Now that I am a senior I advocate for remote work to enable associates/juniors that want to work from home to do so. We have offices and whoever wants to do so can work from the office. Many associates/juniors use that opportunity but still the general consensus is that flexibility is the key here - they maybe come to the office once or twice a week.

fooker 4y ago
> flexibility is the key here I'm not sure about this. Flexibility brings uncertainty, and if you are not sure about who's going to be there in the office, there's not much value proposition to go and check. If you know for sure that all/most people are going to be there, this equation changes considerably. That being said, I think it makes sense to reduce physical presence to ~2-3 days a week, unless having two work environments is cumbersome.
- helij 4y ago
  We always communicate and somehow end up in the office together. There's always a way. Many weeks someone says 'I'll be in the office on this day. Anyone else coming in?' And then a few people say yep, let's do it.

spudlyo 4y ago

I disagree with the premise that valuable one on one mentorship requires a physical presence. I've done a lot of mentoring over Slack and Zoom, and at least on my side, it was a rewarding experience.

fooker 4y ago
>at least on my side This might be the keyword here though.

foogazi 4y ago

Everyone is selfish - aren’t the junior employees being selfish too ?

fooker 4y ago
Sure, but they are usually not in a position to influence any decision making here.

imetatroll 4y ago

How does sharing a screen to look over code with a colleague meaningfully change in person? I don't see it.

fooker 4y ago
That's troubleshooting really, not mentoring.