It’s not just about doing the work. It’s about being SEEN doing the work, as well as schmoozing people. That’s human nature.
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i know, i know. silly hoomins. =P
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Companies insist on perpetuating psycho babble “bonding” and “team building” instead of doing actual work.
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ugh. (>.<)
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Maybe humans are just gregarious and actually hate machines.
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could be. silly hoomans, eh? =P
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Yes, this socialization thing is killing me too. God, we perform it on dogs, children in schools, the media normalization. But doing it with machines just do not gel, despite our propensity for "tools". And BTW I love tools because they don't talk back. :)
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Cynical take: the things that make working from home possible are very, very easy to investigate. If you're doing anything remotely illegal or immoral, you want to meet in person and talk it out with no (e)paper trail.
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Plus, setting it up costs money and employers would rather be inefficient than innovate, especially in a "slack labour market", and certainly where no one else will do it either,
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As someone who was something of a guinea pig for home working for a very large UK firm in the 80's and 90's I would say a balance is needed. In 2 days one can do a week's work. The other 2-3 days are needed for team bonding with the core group that doesn't work from home.
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@Steve_Sailer wonders why folks flock to Silicon Valley when they could telecommute instead. Basically, like the mob, they distrust communication that's not personal to keep things under the lid, be it business secrets +practices (mostly) or shady stuff. (rare but important)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Because people who work remotely aren’t as innovative.
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Innovation is a buzzword. Certain departments, like Purchasing, don't experience much innovation, or have much need for it. We could easily get away with home-office'ing them.
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Im not convinced. Anything that could be done entirely from home could probably be automated. Also... working from home is hard. To many distractions.
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I'm surprised that office work isn't more automated, really.
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the purpose of face to face is to build trust, group alignment, group commitment. So the informal discussions while getting coffee, or chit-chat before or after meetings are essential. Humans are social animals. this can be done remote, but I think it's 2x-4x harder
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Telecommuting has surpassed public transit. Public transit is in slight decline.http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-workers-telework-public-transportation-commute.html …
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Not the future, the present. Silicon valley workers commuting long distances to work in front of a computer is happening in 2018.
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As being someone who makes things like this work, the experience is never as good as in the office. Network reliability, speed, access, security, availability communication. All things that are not as good as being in the office. However it is still worth it to work remotely.
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Yeah idk. Maybe being the first remote worker on an all in-office team is a signal for laziness, non-conformity, disloyalty, so as a whole the team is stuck in a negative equilibrium where no one wants to make the first move towards remote work, even if they’d all prefer it
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