[drewcoo]

> Misunderstanding company vision and product requirements is very, very easy when trying to communicate over zoom and slack

I would think that remote workers would be a forcing function for communications clarity.

Is there some deeper reason for this problem than "bad tools?" I see assertions that in-person is better somehow, but no reasons why that works better or why the same techniques can't apply to remote work. Is it all about pheromones or maybe some chemical sprinkled on the pizza?

[iamcasen]

I think the fidelity of unspoken information is so much higher in person. Over zoom and most certainly via text-based comms like slack, it's hard to tell if you are being understood, and if you are understanding.

Beyond just the technical understanding, then there is emotional understanding. I find that it's much easier to encounter apathy and malice over digital comms. In person, you have limited access to someone else's attention. On slack, you can be pestered by dozens of "very important" walls of text every day.