[przemelek]

Yeah, but ask for developers to do better documentation and you will get angry answers ;-) Remote work requires higher seniority, more independence and more decision making on worker side, but a lot of people don't want to make decisions, so there is a lot of meetings, calls and similar stuff which is replacing normal in office interaction. Things which were solvable in office by going to someones desk are now in need of coordinating some meetings, finding time which fits both sides and so on. Stuff which was done by talking during walk for lunch is now meeting. Meeting in person which took 30 minutes are taking 60-90 minutes because people are not build to use simplex channel where only voice is transferred. Stupid things like drawing something on whiteboard is impossible. Working from home you don't have all this stuff which is happening next to watercooler. IMHO WFH is making people also less happy, it is more comfortable, but makes people more miserable.

[frumper]

Tons of assumptions in this that don't fit with my experience. I need a meeting, now I just send a message on teams. "Hey, do you have a minute for a call? Yes, great. No, ok, when is a good time for you?"

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> Remote work requires higher seniority

I wouldn't say that, it just requires better juniors.

You can't do as much hand holding remotely but remote mentoring is definitely possible. But it requires employees that have above average communication skills and an ability to debug and investigate themselves.

These abilities aren't cheap but pretty much required to pass a serious Engineering/CS program. The difference is just night and day.

> Things which were solvable in office by going to someones desk are now in need of coordinating some meetings

Or a well written email.

> Stupid things like drawing something on whiteboard is impossible.

It just works on my iPad.