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by kerkeslager 2156 days ago
You recognize the problem, now fix it.

Make a habit, each week, of spending 15 minutes making small talk with every member of your team. As them how they're doing, how work is going, how the family is, whatever. If you have 8 people on your team, that's 2 hours. That's a very small cost to pay for a happier, healthier team that works smoothly.

As a contractor I think it would be totally justified to bill for this because of the value it provides, but I've never had the guts to try billing for it. Still, I don't feel resentful about doing it for free because I don't just view it as part of my job, I view it as part of my responsibility as a human as well. We've gotta look out for each other.

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Funny - there was no problem, but now you created one (in assuming he should work from home).

And you create artificial solutions. I don't understand.

Sorry, wrong thread