What are your views on remote work? Is this the future or just a phase?
Ralph Gerbs
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As an African with non-tech background, I find remote work to be liberating and more rewarding. I’m curious to know your views on remote work.
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Sridevi M@sridevi_m
Remote work has both pros and cons. I would expect a hybrid working model in the future that satisfies both.
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@sridevi_m 100% agree - remote working was so necessary during COVID but I think it's important to not lose sight of the benefits that face-to-face interaction can offer above a fully remote model (where possible).
@sridevi_m Highly agree! I prefer working at home, it provides me more flexibility and higher productivity. However, sometimes I still need to talk to my teammates face to face, it’s inevitable!
Very much depends on the management team. If they can manage their people remotely, then it's the best they can go with. If management lacks skill though, hybrid or in-house will stick to them for loooong, as they will consider it superior to others.
@paul_d_michaels2 if this is true then the management is dumb af. What I meant, some people need to be working in hybrid mode because you cant leave office completely in some cases, for example there always need to be at least one IT admin in case someone manages to freeze their internet explorer :) Although, if working from site gets down to sitting on online meetings, then it's as wrong as it could get.
It's been a phase for me for a decade. For sure it has pros and cons but for me the good far out weighs the bad
@joanne_hurleyv1 🤣 I didn't skip a beat when lockdown happened. I work at a walking desk so I am constantly in motion (+ creativity, + concentration and more) so I couldn't work sitting at a desk all day.
I think remote working has allowed people to be able to stay productive while under the weather or manage time better between work and say time to get to work on public transport. This is also good for employers because they also realize that maybe the space they use is too much of a cost when people can produce equally if not better quality work from home.
@medinaluis I agree with what you said. Working remotely is a great opportunity to prevent people from spending their hours in traffic and decreasing their productivity.
Remote work has advantages and disadvantages as well.
The main advantage is flexibility (time and place don't matter).
On the flip side, you are more socially distanced, and can't speak about the solution to the problem in person.
@minimalistphone I agree. I felt like I needed a introductory course into dealing with people face-to-face once restrictions were lifted.
@paul_d_michaels2 Yeah, that kind of social distancing was like: Am I asocial? How should I start the conversation? 😅 Thankfully I got through this.
Remote work definitely has a place in the future IMO, although as others have said, I imagine hybrid will be the most common model adopted by business.
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I believe that hybrid work is the next future. And we developed our product to help employees + companies in this manner to smooth their workflow.
@qudsia_ali definitely... people should be working wherever they wish to in the environment of their choice.
I think it is the future
Oh for sure it is the future. I think we're going to see more ideas focusing on socializing caused by lack hours at the office.
Co-working space is just one of them.
@bestbubbledev yes.. new places, new people, new networks.
I personally believe that hybrid work is the future. Remote work seems to have more advantages than traditional office work but I believe that people need to see each other face-to-face to keep the team spirit alive. Therefore regular office meetings are needed
Flexible/ remote work will likely become the norm for many companies and industries where it is possible to WFH. It’s really that lockdown has proven we can still be productive and achieve targets, without actually being in an office.
I just enjoy being home to receive my parcels without having to get it delivered to work 😂
@jenny_zhai Thank you for sharing Jenny, as a PM are there any issues you face with flexible / remote teams? e.g. communication lapses
I think working remotely is an awesome alternative to spending hours in your car commuting.
Definitely the future. Hopefully people will learn to care less about work.
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It's mixed. On one hand, I agree - it's liberating. But on the other hand, it would be nice to have people at the office, especially more senior devs, who could spend time by showing some know-hows.
P.S. I'm a junior developer, I think juniors will understand me
I like a combination!
As the benefits of working remotely, I can say that the possibility of working flexibly, the possibility of working productive, not being confined to a single place, being able to change more often, freedom of travel and multitasking.
If we talk about the problems: detaching from work motivation and seriousness, not being able to get out of the comfort zone, not being able to focus enough, and differences in working hours of the employees.
I think the future result will be a hybrid working system. In this way, employees will not be disconnected from the work environment, and they will be able to work more comfortably and efficiently.
@arda_finsmart What will your balance for a hybrid working system look like? All workers report on a specific day? How many days a week allowed to work remotely? etc
@arda_finsmart @ralphsalterego Yeah, it's a bit of a mess right now. Imagine how you'd feel fighting 1-2 hours of commuting and then have Zoom calls all day at the office.
@ralphsalterego I think it is necessary to go to the office at least one day a week so that the work environment and team awareness can be remembered.
Although it varies according to the number of days the employee works, I think that going one or two days a week is sufficient.
@ralphsalterego @paul_d_michaels2 I agree with you, just trying to go to the office takes a few hours out of the day.
To build truly world-class teams and access the best talent from around the globe, allowing for remote work & flexibility is essential and 100% the future. There are many benefits but also plenty of challenges with this model though and, to get it right, leaders and HR teams need to think differently about the employee experience and develop programs & initiatives with a 'remote-first' approach. Tooling becomes critical, and we need to be far more intentional about the 'digital workspaces' we set up and work / collaborate in. Building culture and fostering connections (particularly for new hires) gets harder also with this model & requires additional focus.
For me personally, and across the last few start ups I've worked at (Canva, Vouch), a hybrid model seems to offer the right balance.
@jade_mack Thanks for sharing Jade, a hybrid model seems to be the general preference now. Do you think that creates any issues if part of the team is in the office at one point in time and others aren't?
@ralphsalterego I think the way around it is to:
1) ensure goals, measures of success and timelines are crystal clear for everyone and fully aligned with your company goals & strategy (so people know what they need to do and you can trust that they're working on the right things)
2) take the time to determine (with your teams input) which meetings / interactions / events should be in person (might be things like project kick offs, all-hands sessions, strategy workshops, goal reviews, team celebrations etc), ask everyone to commit to this & then schedule mindfully (e.g. all in person meetings scheduled on Mondays & Fridays only)
This way everyone comes for the most important things and can make the most of the opportunities for collaboration, but then determine their own schedules beyond this.
@ralphsalterego just came across this article - thought it might interest you: https://hbr.org/2022/10/what-is-...