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And maybe work is getting done but the quality, speed, and creativity are suffering immensely. I don’t require my employees to be in office, and given that 60%
by hesdeadjim 3y ago
And maybe work is getting done but the quality, speed, and creativity are suffering immensely.
I don’t require my employees to be in office, and given that 60% of my team is non-local it’s not an option anyways. Given a magic wand I would 100% have everyone be around for at least a hybrid 3/2.
There are so, so many information and communication inefficiencies that could be solved by an off the cuff 1m in-person chat. Idea generation as well. Being in a zoom occasionally and chatting on Slack is a shit replacement for this in a creative field like video game development.
And to be clear, I am wildly productive remote but I’d be willing to trade 33% of that for the benefits my team would have by being in-person.
- glimshe 3y agoChances is that if you used your magic wand, over time you wouldn't be able to find the best employees (as many people are refusing WFO and hybrid) and your team would suffer anyway. I think a best use of your magic wand would be for you to acquire the skills to manage a highly productive remote team.
- hesdeadjim 3y agoYou need to resort to insults to make a counterpoint?
- glimshe 3y agoWhy is this an insult? You are assuming that the problem with your team is WFH and not yourself. There are hundreds of managers with remote teams that don't need to propose hybrid work as a solution for collaboration problems. Instead of looking at yourself for the solution, you're choosing to send your poor team to the office. BTW, my highly remote teams are very productive. While some like the office, we never had to resort to mandatory attendance/hybrid to improve our communication.
- hesdeadjim 3y agoYou assume my issues with full-remote stem from a leadership failure. That's the insult. I've been making games for 15 years across three companies, two of which ended up full remote. I can judge the effectiveness of a team, and I can say for certain that there are some situations and needs that benefit greatly from in-person. YMMY, especially if you are not in a creative field like games where a team comp is designers, artists, and eng. all mixed in a chaotic pot.
- glimshe 3y agoI worked years in game development... Which suffers sometimes from doing things the old way.
- kcplate 3y agoThis is a what everyone who wants WFH assumes to be true but simple logic itself points that it’s not realistic. If/As WFH gigs start to become scarce or more the exception to the rule, you will still have top level folks ready willing and able to go work in an office.
- hesdeadjim 3y agoAnd.. gasp maybe some super talented people actually miss connection with other people!
- kcplate 3y agoDefinitely. I know many exceptionally talented folks that prefer in office with the flexibility to occasionally WFH over full time WFH.