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There are so many caveats and variations in jobs that it’s basically impossible to truly talk about any one job from another. At my current job, everyone I tal

There are so many caveats and variations in jobs that it’s basically impossible to truly talk about any one job from another. At my current job, everyone I talk to sits next to me. It’s meaningfully easier IRL than over zoom. We still work hybrid. But that wasn’t true for me in 2022, when I would’ve been much happier to be remote 24/7, because my team was global. Not to stir the specter of laziness, but I’ve noticed our recent college hire gets nothing done when he’s remote. Then on Tuesday morning, he comes in with a TON of questions. So it’s clear we haven’t figured out how properly share knowledge in a remote setting. This is (probably) an organization/management failure, not an individual’s fault. But in the short-term, RTO would improve productivity. Amazon is famous for churning through employees. I’m guessing a significant percent of the org has a tenure under 24mo, and many are college hires. They probably see value in oversight and training by RTO. (And I’m sure the attrition doesn’t hurt their bottom line either)

swozey 2y ago
I haven't found a replacement yet, because it shut down after being bought a few months ago, but my team really enjoyed using Multi which is your run of the mill webcam/screenshare team app (like slack huddle) except it had rooms that stayed open and people could hop in and out. We had a room for my team, and other teams, and we did a lot more "sit beside one another" type work/conversations with that. If anyone knows another app with the rooms, and hopefully that lets multiple people screenshare at the same time please let me know.
- monknomo 2y ago
  I've sort of enjoyed gather town for that sort of thing
antisthenes 2y ago
> Not to stir the specter of laziness, but I’ve noticed our recent college hire gets nothing done when he’s remote. Then on Tuesday morning, he comes in with a TON of questions. You're making some wild conclusions off of N=1, especially N=1 of a recent college graduate. Do you even remember your first job? I would have had a ton of questions regardless of being remote or in-office. And why even mention laziness? For a recent college grad who's learning the job, "getting nothing done" is an expectation for at least 20% of the working days, it's just for learning. > But in the short-term, RTO would improve productivity. Why would it make a difference? A question asked remotely vs a question asked in-person should take roughly the same amount of time to answer. > So it’s clear we haven’t figured out how properly share knowledge in a remote setting. That's really sad that after 4 years of a pandemic some people haven't figured out how to type out a question in Teams or whatever. Or maybe they were so beat down by the corporate culture that they are afraid to do so?

swozey 2y ago

I haven't found a replacement yet, because it shut down after being bought a few months ago, but my team really enjoyed using Multi which is your run of the mill webcam/screenshare team app (like slack huddle) except it had rooms that stayed open and people could hop in and out. We had a room for my team, and other teams, and we did a lot more "sit beside one another" type work/conversations with that. If anyone knows another app with the rooms, and hopefully that lets multiple people screenshare at the same time please let me know.

monknomo 2y ago
I've sort of enjoyed gather town for that sort of thing

antisthenes 2y ago

> Not to stir the specter of laziness, but I’ve noticed our recent college hire gets nothing done when he’s remote. Then on Tuesday morning, he comes in with a TON of questions. You're making some wild conclusions off of N=1, especially N=1 of a recent college graduate. Do you even remember your first job? I would have had a ton of questions regardless of being remote or in-office. And why even mention laziness? For a recent college grad who's learning the job, "getting nothing done" is an expectation for at least 20% of the working days, it's just for learning. > But in the short-term, RTO would improve productivity. Why would it make a difference? A question asked remotely vs a question asked in-person should take roughly the same amount of time to answer. > So it’s clear we haven’t figured out how properly share knowledge in a remote setting. That's really sad that after 4 years of a pandemic some people haven't figured out how to type out a question in Teams or whatever. Or maybe they were so beat down by the corporate culture that they are afraid to do so?