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Because a manager or team members don't know if a new employee is disciplined enough to work on their own. Without face time, there's no indication if the remot
by blueatlas 12y ago
Because a manager or team members don't know if a new employee is disciplined enough to work on their own. Without face time, there's no indication if the remote employee isn't getting it, because they won't say so, but their body language tells the story. And any decent company cares about culture, the people behind the work, and not just output. How do you create that culture without a co-located team?
You may have a better chance at starting out co-located, then requesting remote work to some degree.
- scalesolved 12y agoI think you have a valid point with body language allowing you to know if someone understands or objects to something but now with free and reliable video conferencing I think this can be somewhat negated. I've worked both in house and remotely and in some companies I may as well have been remote with everyone chatting via skype/hipchat anyway even though we were in the same office. I think remotely it is easier to gauge team-mates output and progress via git commits and communication that is clear and direct. Sometimes in an office environment louder or more popular team members appear to have a higher output due to bias/likeability from managers/team-mates.
- informatimago 12y agoEither git commits are what engineers have to be judged on, or their body language. The fact it it's their body language that matters, shows that this is run by apes.