I wish non remote companies were more open about the downsides of non-remote, but most are unsolvable
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Everyone is aware of those though
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Not sure that’s true, plus talking about the downsides of remote without comparing to downsides of in office makes remote look like a bad decision which does everybody a disservice especially with majority of cos still afraid of remote friendly workplaces
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Do you ever consider why they do though? It’s because they’re afraid of the downsides, and maybe they shouldn’t be, but remote companies want to promote being remote so heavily they pretend like there are none
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The biggest issue is communications - I wrote a piece on it last weekhttps://remoteyear.com/blog/how-100-percent-remote-companies-should-communicate …
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The students at Lambda will hit on a lot of these same points. Being remote for school is a lot like being remote for a job.
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There are downsides to a remote school as well, but they’re different IMO. A company is trying to create something. A school is trying to help you learn/become something.
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One great thing about remote class is that we have an infinite classroom. Every day at 4PM Pacific we have 400 students small group discussions (1:8 ratio) for an hour. Could be 4000 with zero infrastructure changes. Imagine the school you’d need to be able to pull that off.
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What software do you use to do the remote discussion? We’re using Zoom with breakout rooms but current model tops at 100. (Maybe a higher paid tier)
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All 400 are rarely together, but you can use webinar feature for that
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Can you elaborate? I work 100% remote and it's the best job I've ever had.
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As a company there are trade offs. Harder to create/brainstorm, harder to bounce ideas, etc.
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Ah, yea. I can see that it may be a bigger issue from the company side than the employee side. We have a very open "get in a zoom call" policy when working on issues. I suppose we may lose out on some of the random inspiration moments that you get when working in the same room.
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Here’s one that caught me off guard: Managing remote teams is easier when you’re further east. If you’re in California you have to prepare the day before or be up early.
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That is a very interesting observation.
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Yup. Our classes start at 8 AM on west coast so they can end at a reasonable hour on east
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I've worked in remote, on-site, and hybrid roles over the last 5 years. Cons to remote: - not everyone can work in isolation; need self-directed folks - FAR less opportunity for serendipitous conversations/ ideas - very hard to "brainstorm" remotely
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Remote limits empathy and constructive conflict between team members. While it might create a more enjoyable work experience for many, it very clearly limits speed of execution and alignment on common goals. I don't think its fixable, but it is sometimes acceptable.
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I also think this is identical to education. Great teachers use empathy and constructive pressure to get performance out of all students in their class that can't be duplicated online (yet).
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The downsides of remote work are real, but it’d be silly to think they’re permanent 1/ We have 100 years of management science based on the office that needs to be undone 2/ Collaboration technology is rapidly accelerating (Slack, Google Docs, etc didn’t exist 10 years ago)
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