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Really interesting question - how much do you need to interact with your coworkers to be effective? Can a company operate with all of its employees working remo
by dtran 17y ago
Really interesting question - how much do you need to interact with your coworkers to be effective? Can a company operate with all of its employees working remotely? For those of you that went to Startup School or have heard Tony Hsieh's talk from it, what do you think about the way 37signals employees work vs. Zappos where Hsieh encouraged managers to spend a lot of time outside of work with their team?
- jorleif 17y agoI thought about exactly the same thing. What is also worth considering, is if there is a lot of individual variation in the need to interact. In my experience many people are not the "self-driven" kind that are often considered ideal. What should one do with them? Even self-driven people are usually driven only to do some particular things, and these might not be the things that the whole company benefits most from.
- dtran 17y agoI definitely agree that it probably varies for different people - that seems like the biggest challenge of being a manager. Which people do you have to micromanage vs. which people will create amazing things if you just completely leave them alone. What about with co-founders for a startup - do you believe that they should always work together since it's so important that they mold the vision/initial product together, or is there any room to work separately if both people are driven enough?