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I find this kind of article pointlessly inflammatory. Oh, some aggregation of nameless finance chiefs want more workers in the office, what does the proletaria

I find this kind of article pointlessly inflammatory. Oh, some aggregation of nameless finance chiefs want more workers in the office, what does the proletariat think of that!? This just breeds division and blanket accusations. Meanwhile, where I work, we're still allowed to be 100% remote, but also recognize this has pros and cons, especially for juniors and new members of the team who haven't met each other. Productivity is up, but team connection and cohesion is down. Generally people are happy with the tradeoff, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved via thoughtful tweaks (periodic get-togethers, hybrid meeting protocols, etc). The key is some level of trust and dialogue with management, not this adversarial hand-wringing-for-pageviews noise.

ghaff 3y ago
>Meanwhile, where I work, we're still allowed to be 100% remote, but also recognize this has pros and cons, especially for juniors and new members of the team who haven't met each other. Where working remotely is practical, 100% RTO doesn't make a lot of sense IMO. On the other hand, you can't really dismiss concerns about company culture, team cohesion with new employees, mentoring new grads, etc. as the product of evil executives trying to prop up their commercial real estate portfolio or whatever. (I'd also argue that the situation is probably worsened because so many companies are carefully scrutinizing expenses for travel, meetings, etc.)
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  > you can't really dismiss concerns about company culture, team cohesion with new employees, mentoring new grads, etc. as the product of evil executives trying to prop up their commercial real estate portfolio or whatever. Many people do dismiss the concerns because their goals pre-pandemic did not reflect these values. So they see it as a wolf in sheep's clothing.

ghaff 3y ago

>Meanwhile, where I work, we're still allowed to be 100% remote, but also recognize this has pros and cons, especially for juniors and new members of the team who haven't met each other. Where working remotely is practical, 100% RTO doesn't make a lot of sense IMO. On the other hand, you can't really dismiss concerns about company culture, team cohesion with new employees, mentoring new grads, etc. as the product of evil executives trying to prop up their commercial real estate portfolio or whatever. (I'd also argue that the situation is probably worsened because so many companies are carefully scrutinizing expenses for travel, meetings, etc.)

johnnyanmac 3y ago
> you can't really dismiss concerns about company culture, team cohesion with new employees, mentoring new grads, etc. as the product of evil executives trying to prop up their commercial real estate portfolio or whatever. Many people do dismiss the concerns because their goals pre-pandemic did not reflect these values. So they see it as a wolf in sheep's clothing.