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>Companies get so much more out of people working from home - Microsoft has realized this and still broadly supports remote work. This is what I find so funny.

>Companies get so much more out of people working from home - Microsoft has realized this and still broadly supports remote work. This is what I find so funny. We accomplished more in the two years of full remote than any period before or since. Half the company now runs on software built during that time. But management refuses to acknowledge the fact, and mandated RTO. I am 100% convinced that a full remote team can run circles around the same team in-office. Probably we will see a new crop of startups eating people's lunch that haven't figured this out.

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago
I got to meet some of my coworkers in person for the first time recently and it was obvious that the structures re: who respects whom that we had built online were ignorant of meaningless physical details like how commanding a presence one has when they enter a room. This informed my new hypothesis: The people most in opposition to remote work are those who rely on charisma rather than other merits to remain relevant. They're losing the ground on which they have an advantage. They tend to be tall and with a voice that carries well over a crowd.
- buildbot 2y ago
  The team I work on was created at the start of covid, as we didn't all meet in person for the first time until 2 years later too - it was really funny to learn that one person on the team was like, 6'4! Nobody knew!
  - __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
    Somebody on my team who I respect very much turns out to have a small voice. Like, you just can't hear him over any kind of ambient noise. He's still a badass in my eyes, but I have to ask if he would be if we shared an office. Not that I'd consciously dismiss him. But accidents happen.
pjerem 2y ago
> But management refuses to acknowledge the fact, and mandated RTO. That’s because while workers discovered they were working better at home, middle management discovered that they were useless and had nothing other to do than exert some control over workers lives. They’re just afraid upper management may notice it.

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago

I got to meet some of my coworkers in person for the first time recently and it was obvious that the structures re: who respects whom that we had built online were ignorant of meaningless physical details like how commanding a presence one has when they enter a room. This informed my new hypothesis: The people most in opposition to remote work are those who rely on charisma rather than other merits to remain relevant. They're losing the ground on which they have an advantage. They tend to be tall and with a voice that carries well over a crowd.

buildbot 2y ago
The team I work on was created at the start of covid, as we didn't all meet in person for the first time until 2 years later too - it was really funny to learn that one person on the team was like, 6'4! Nobody knew!
- __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
  Somebody on my team who I respect very much turns out to have a small voice. Like, you just can't hear him over any kind of ambient noise. He's still a badass in my eyes, but I have to ask if he would be if we shared an office. Not that I'd consciously dismiss him. But accidents happen.

pjerem 2y ago

> But management refuses to acknowledge the fact, and mandated RTO. That’s because while workers discovered they were working better at home, middle management discovered that they were useless and had nothing other to do than exert some control over workers lives. They’re just afraid upper management may notice it.