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by TickMark 2469 days ago
No spontaneity. In my last company, we all worked remotely and we had very functional calls during the week. However over time things got tense really often, cause we did not really know each other.

Then we introduced a Friday call where we had a casual overview of the week, but mostly talked about what we did or are doing outside work. It helped a lot, people understood each other more. And most importantly got sense of each other's sense of humor and work ethic.

Point being there's a lot more incidental interaction that goes on at an on-site job that helps you get to know people you work with.

As remote work manager, you have to engineer non-work related social interactions if you want to have a cohesive team of people.