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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I work from home because my work is sedentary and my head office is in Brussels. All interactions with customers are done online, like Teams and GoogleWhatsit.
But I still believe that the ability to interact from minute to minute with people in the office, with managers, etc, leads to better outcomes. For example, you need a recommendation or decision from one or two people. But they're out at a garden centre, or Waitrose or summat and you have to await the opportunity for speaking to them (and maybe not in the same timeframe as you need it). Bleedin' obvious, really.
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You can believe what you want , however many studies on both sides of the pond show that remote working doesn’t inhibit collaboration or productivity in any degree whatsoever.
If a role can be done remotely and companies are insisting that it needs to be done in office then you have one of two issues
1.legacy real estate costs
2. Trust between leadership and teams
My team (of over sixty) are all fully remote apart from five staff whose specific role requires them to be in an office. Those that are remote have the option to go to an office should they wish.
There is no loss of collaboration or productivity
I don’t care what hours they work so long the work is delivered to the required standard and on time. I don’t care if they need to take their dog to the vet or go and take their car to the garage. I know if the shit hits the fan the team are there to engage and support however needed.
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R it’s the quality of the work and its delivery on time , regardless of if that’s internal to the business or to my external customers that counts, not having a bum on a seat in an office working core hours.