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by kartickv
3416 days ago
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> I literally said that I transitioned Sorry for getting that detail wrong. I re-read your original post to make sure I didn't miss anything else. Since you now say that you agreed ahead of time that you had no obligation to turn up in the office (that information wasn't there in the original post), I now agree with you that your manager was wrong. (This is something I've seen happen over and over again with managers — they say yes without thinking things through.) If people are deliberately withholding information from you, as you said you suspected in your original post, that's obviously a bad thing. Regarding my suggestion to have regular meetings, you're already doing it, so that's good. |
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If I say yes, I get skewered later when people on both sides aren't adapting to the new situation.
If I say no, them I'm a do-nothing windbag who can't feel like anything is getting done unless I can physically see the people typing and clicking.
If remote work is the minority situation, you're going to see challenges. Even if it's the norm, there are decisions that are time-sensitive and you're going to sometimes be dropped (same as if you were on PTO that week; you're just more exposed to it as a remote worker in a predominantly co-located team).
I have teams all around the world; even with that, we still bother to move desks to put squads all together in the same location. If you agree with the latter practice, I think you have to give some nod that co-location matters, even if only a little bit.