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Not Amazon: back in 2021 we were still completely remote, but for new candidates they insisted they be near an office location. A coworker complained that we we

Not Amazon: back in 2021 we were still completely remote, but for new candidates they insisted they be near an office location. A coworker complained that we were missing out on good candidates when our team was already remote, but I told him what was up - over time you get more people who are ok with the idea of being in an office, and then once you hit some critical mass, you just flip the switch and say "everyone back". Which is, of course, what happened. On the other hand, the company never got good at the idea of "remote" work anyway, it was the same stuff you'd do in an office but over Zoom. IMO truly remote companies are not just a physical difference from in-office companies, there's a whole way of doing business shift as well.

j-bos 2y ago
>IMO truly remote companies are not just a physical difference from in-office companies, there's a whole way of doing business shift as well. Physical companies have office shaped brains and poor async communication skills.
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- RestlessMind 2y ago
  > poor async communication skills Without judging whether it's good or bad, I'd say async communication skills are still not the norm. Very few people are good at those. After all, human brain evolved for in-person communication skills. Collaboration over Zoom is so new that we need proper training. Also add poor async management skills, which also is the norm.