On 2017-05-25 12:58, Burrell, Todd wrote:
I've always said that if you think you need someone in the office so you can
make sure they are working - then you hired the wrong person. Bad employees
will goof off whether they are in the office or at home. And I get a LOT more
done from home than I ever do in the office because there are no distractions
at home like at the office.
And the old "water cooler" argument about learning a lot from discussions in
the office has a little merit, but not much. Most of the times these discussions quickly
wonder off into personal discussions.
Well put.
To add to the above, the time spent traveling to/from the office (it
would be about 8 hours a week for me if I went to the office 5 days a
week) is time just thrown away.
It's 2017 now, and there are plenty of tools available that provide
pretty immersive collaboration environments. Check out ChatOps as a
concept, and products like Slack, Mattermost or HipChat. Even with more
basic products like Skype or WhatsApp, it is absolutely possible to
achieve collaborative work without physically being in the same building.
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Regards, Gord Tomlin
Action Software International
(a division of Mazda Computer Corporation)
Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507
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