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DavidDvorkin

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1. The article repeats corporate management bullshit

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 10:35 AM

Aug 2023

The biggest loss associated with remote work is not directly economic but rather the random interactions that foster new ideas and innovation. This is why a growing number of companies are scaling back remote work, with Google now on this list. Even Zoom, the facilitator of remote work, is asking its employees to spend more time in the office.

Rubbish. The office is a prison, and management wants control.

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Commentary: The price American industry may pay for remote work [View all] justaprogressive Aug 2023 OP

The article repeats corporate management bullshit DavidDvorkin Aug 2023 #1

Exactly n/t SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2023 #2

I disagree--the rich interactions of in person communication Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #3

Most coworkers don't have "rich interactions" leftstreet Aug 2023 #9

I chortled Sympthsical Aug 2023 #11

Most of the interactions are being forced to listen to madinmaryland Aug 2023 #17

Interaction with teammates can also be done over chat or slack. haele Aug 2023 #18

Reminds me of when open offices got debunked Sympthsical Aug 2023 #10

Many companies now moved to hoteling, so you aren't always at the same workspace. TheBlackAdder Aug 2023 #13

+1 treestar Aug 2023 #20

Here's a thought BeyondGeography Aug 2023 #4

+1 n/t area51 Aug 2023 #5

Exactly n/t TxGuitar Aug 2023 #6

In person is more productive overall + we need to maintain more face to face interaction..in general Chakaconcarne Aug 2023 #7

False inthewind21 Aug 2023 #8

Same Sympthsical Aug 2023 #14

With the advent of Teams, Skype and the like, more meetings occur. People aren't BSing in the halls. TheBlackAdder Aug 2023 #12

It's amazing how quickly things shifted ok_cpu Aug 2023 #15

+1 leftstreet Aug 2023 #16

Anyone that can get their entire day's work done in a few hours needs to be assigned more work. MichMan Aug 2023 #19

Disagree. The quality of work can go down if it's required to be sustained over a certain WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2023 #21