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What are your views on remote work? Is this the future or just a phase?
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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@qudsia_ali definitely... people should be working wherever they wish to in the environment of their choice.
@haserk Do you not think that young employees limit their ability to learn from experienced co-workers working remotely?
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
@dan_yes it is much easier to train junior developers in an office environment.
There is certain balance we all look for where Remote work is needed to balance our lives and work life
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
Personally I feel that we can be more productive when we are working out of an office. If all of our team is at a single location, it is easier for us to discuss any ideas and brainstorm in real time.
@sanjay_somashekar yes... I think its more like preference because I have seen people being less productive at home and likes to go to office if given a choice.
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.
I think remote work is more like preference. Some people can still provides same output irrespective of their location. And vice versa also. Defiantly there are certain domain where remote working is not possible like operations. But there are also certain domains where you can easily work remotely.
I myself has been working remotely (wfh) from last 2 year.
How do you work? @ralphsalterego
I personally believe that remote work is the future – one day we will all work remotely. What would it mean to you? Well, you will be able to save big bucks on transportation or at least get rid of the need to buy a car. You will also be able to take advantage of cheaper, remote jobs that pay well. In fact, remote jobs are already a reality.
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.
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.
@wekh I have been hearing that people who are working hybrid end up commuting to work only to be on Zoom calls all day - something they could have done Work-From-Home!
@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.
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.
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.
Remote working is not good enough for freshers in any field and on the other hand, it is just best when it comes to traveling expenses. Thus, a hybrid work culture is what I think is best.
@excellentweb_australia yes best way to learn is being surrounded by team. Hybrid is good for experienced.
I think remote work is the future. It is a natural evolution from the current state of affairs. The way we work today is in large part the result of the economic crisis of 2008. It was a time when it was easy to move from one job to another, but the system didn’t have the capacity to handle the increase in demand. We had to be flexible, and we had no choice but to work remotely.
@igor_sadkin As a product manager, how do you deal with colleagues having different preferences for flexible work? Does it cause any issues?
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-...
We all need balance, and I would use remote work to ensure our productivity stays the same when we have personal needs which needs to be taken care of.
I believe hybrid work is the future. 74% of U.S. companies are using or plan to implement a permanent hybrid work model. However, this will also change as advanced Metaverse technologies emerge such as virtual workspaces. You will be physically remote but virtually on-site.
hybrid work is one hundred percent the future. People will definitely tend to go to companies with these options. Just the savings on commute time is a huge addition to life.
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