Human contact and loneliness: not the problem, a lack of deep and meaningful relationships is
Does the office help solve this? Your boss selecting your closest social contact is not a good thing
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But I made some of my best friends in the office: How do you know you wouldn’t of made those friends remotely?
Gamers meet some of their closest friends online — they have more in common because they have greater influence on who’s on the other sidePrikaži ovu nit -
Distraction as default: The office is a distraction factory, instantaneous gratification of synchronous work makes it impossible to do deep work
Asynchronous working should be default for every knowledge worker. That’s remote workPrikaži ovu nit -
The Commute: On average, office workers waste 22 days of their life a year sitting in a metal coffin travelling to work
This is your time, you never get it back. In that time I now read, eat with family and workout. Health and well-being
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Nothing best in person collaboration: An excuse for wasting time. More meetings, more email to make people feel productive
Time is still the the main KPI. Output should be the only thing that matters
It is in RemotePrikaži ovu nit -
Advancement is more difficult: Or more specifically the office makes it easier for you because promotions are decided not just on the quality of work
Remote work only care about how you perform. The office still works on politics and who you drink with out of hoursPrikaži ovu nit -
Water Cooler Chat is where the magic happens: You think this is a good thing? If your problems only get solved organically the office is broken
This sounds like the rest of the time in an office, 99.99% of it, is a waste. We pay a fortune for real-estate hoping for luckPrikaži ovu nit -
The office means you can only hire the best person you can afford in a 30 mile radius around it
Remote work means you can hire the best person in the world. Which company do you think wins with everything else being equalPrikaži ovu nit -
Our Culture sets us apart: It is largely homogeneous and prevents you being as diverse as you should be
More diverse teams breed better cultures, offices self-select for more of the same people because you want it to stay the samePrikaži ovu nit -
We are a family: This is the cult of office speaking. You might spend most time with your colleagues but when things hit the fan you see that family only sticks together as long as things are up and to the right and your are performingPrikaži ovu nit -
We offer food: You use tools which elongate the time spent at the office to extract a surplus of hours from workers voluntarily
This typically leads to burn out and is a reason why workers end up feeling a lack of purpose from their workPrikaži ovu nit -
The office environment is better: If you’re into an adult kids club type of atmosphere dominated by table tennis and foosball
Most workers want to do their work and enjoy doing that. Gimmicks for entertainment are a distractionPrikaži ovu nit -
The city is better: Being in the city forces your workers to have a high cost of living.
This makes it more difficult for them to have a high quality of life. It demand that they are in a specific geographic location rather than where they want to bePrikaži ovu nit -
How do I know they’d do their work away from office: If you can’t trust someone you shouldn’t of hired them
Management are happy for workers to waste 6 hours a day in the office because they can see them do itPrikaži ovu nit -
Retention is a huge problem. It is expensive and takes a long time to train each replacement
Companies that don’t go remote will lose their best people to their biggest competitors who offer remote work firstPrikaži ovu nit -
Real estate costs will be seen as a major red flag by investors in 5 years
It will be seen as a wasteful, egotistical, captial expense and tell investors you don’t have the best talent possiblePrikaži ovu nit
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