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I'm a huge advocate of full-time remote working, but those like me who feel it is the future of work need to stop being so dogmatic about how communication shou

I'm a huge advocate of full-time remote working, but those like me who feel it is the future of work need to stop being so dogmatic about how communication should happen. I don't really like posts like this. Sure, it's a great idea in a remote context to write down how you like to communicate, and how you like to be communicated with at work. (You should do it, it's great!) However, not everybody will agree with you and part of being a good employee on a large, distributed, team is understanding and working with other people's communication styles. Even if you hate it.

nottorp 2y ago
Let's get to the point: some people like being in pointless meetings/calls all day, some don't. With remote work, you get the chance to rewrite company communication so that the above pointless meetings aren't needed. People who write articles like the OP have realized that and view the former way to communicate as the extremely inefficient and intrusive system that it really is. If you're in a fully text based async culture, then all the conversation, including the famous watercooler stuff and how're the kids doing stuff happens text based and async. I'd say the watercooler/kids stuff can happen more often, because you know you won't interrupt them when you ask, and they'll answer whenever they take a break. Keywords are both text based and async. Not one, both.
sitkack 2y ago
I agree with the authors sentiment, and to some degree yours. We should be flexible, but we should all try to better ourselves and others. Their post is meant to change norms, basically a, "Hey we really should all understand why nohello.net was created". Oddly enough, the post itself is my version of nohello. I'd prefer that they started with the conclusion and then build from there. [1] The author is attempting to change norms. I already fixed it with my kid, she asks amazing questions and includes all the right context. It isn't that they don't agree or disagree, very few "hello'ers" will be able to defend or even explain their position. It isn't about preference or dislike. A blind "Hello" isn't a communication style, it is a faux pas. It doesn't matter if you are remote or on the next desk over, we should do better with communication. And that includes how to deliver the message that a blind hello is poor form. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLUF_(communication) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLUF_(communication) https://www.nngroup.com/articles/inverted-pyramids-in-cyberspace/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/inverted-pyramids-in-cybers...

nottorp 2y ago

Let's get to the point: some people like being in pointless meetings/calls all day, some don't. With remote work, you get the chance to rewrite company communication so that the above pointless meetings aren't needed. People who write articles like the OP have realized that and view the former way to communicate as the extremely inefficient and intrusive system that it really is. If you're in a fully text based async culture, then all the conversation, including the famous watercooler stuff and how're the kids doing stuff happens text based and async. I'd say the watercooler/kids stuff can happen more often, because you know you won't interrupt them when you ask, and they'll answer whenever they take a break. Keywords are both text based and async. Not one, both.

sitkack 2y ago

I agree with the authors sentiment, and to some degree yours. We should be flexible, but we should all try to better ourselves and others. Their post is meant to change norms, basically a, "Hey we really should all understand why nohello.net was created". Oddly enough, the post itself is my version of nohello. I'd prefer that they started with the conclusion and then build from there. [1] The author is attempting to change norms. I already fixed it with my kid, she asks amazing questions and includes all the right context. It isn't that they don't agree or disagree, very few "hello'ers" will be able to defend or even explain their position. It isn't about preference or dislike. A blind "Hello" isn't a communication style, it is a faux pas. It doesn't matter if you are remote or on the next desk over, we should do better with communication. And that includes how to deliver the message that a blind hello is poor form. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLUF_(communication) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLUF_(communication) https://www.nngroup.com/articles/inverted-pyramids-in-cyberspace/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/inverted-pyramids-in-cybers...