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At the company I work at (in software R&D, about 40% of the workforce), I'm a strong advocate for remote-first policies. My immediate boss understands a lot of my concerns, but seems to deeply want to return. When asked why, they come up with these vague ideas of connectedness and poetic visions of sparks flying in the creative process afforded by a meeting room.
Yet only it's only them and the sales department in the office day-to-day. I think they just want some company but don't want to outright say that.
I don’t think increased connectedness or creativity in-person are necessarily fanciful ideas. Rather, I’d argue the more important question is if it matters. In some lines of work, maybe so; in others, maybe not.
I agree. It's never articulated how our work would benefit from it, not to mention that some of our employees are in other cities or countries. We'd ultimately all have to bring out laptops to include them or we simply exclude them for in-person meetings.
I really love the GitLab Handbook for everything remote. It has largely informed my remote-work methodology.
Yeah I work in a position where we mostly just do our own thing. Sometimes we have meetings with my boss to share updates and new things and policies and such. It's handled fairly well remotely.
I can understand some people in some more collaborative or creative workplaces needing the in person heads together work space, but I suspect a large percentage of americans dont do that.