No, I don’t really agree. WFH has tradeoffs like everything else although LI posters tend to gloss over those. For example, it’s easier for me to communicate with someone who works 10 feet away from me than if I’m at home and they’re at some distant point in time and space. Synchronous vs. asynchronous. I also glean a lot of valuable project information from conversations floating around if my team members are in close proximity. I can’t do that from the South Pole. There are other tradeoffs. Cybersecurity, that’s an easy one. WFH is not just trust people and everything will be okay. Thus spoke The Programmer Read more →
EppsNet Archive: Remote Work
Working Remote is Not All Good or All Bad
The posts I read on remote work are too black and white: remote work is good or remote work is bad. I’ve worked from home. I liked it and I understand why people like it. But it’s not without problems. Off the top of my head: decrease in corporate culture, cybersecurity issues, isolation, distractions, slower work, difficulties in onboarding and training, communication, work-life balance, people are burning out on Zoom calls. IMO, anyone writing a post on how great remote work is should be required to address the obvious problems. Thus spoke The Programmer Read more →