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by adamtaylor_13 577 days ago
Difficulty training juniors is easily the weakest argument I’ve heard related to RTO.

I’ve trained dozens of people remotely and helped them level up. Sure it’s not the most *effective*, but given the immense benefits of WFH, I have no problem sacrificing the ease of my job so that my juniors can have a better life.
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susodapop 577 days ago
It also doesn't need to be all-or-nothing. I'm a "full-time" WFH team-lead. But when I'm onboarding a new engineer, I travel to wherever they are and we share an office for a couple weeks while I bring them up-to-speed. After that point, they can WFH or come into the office to suit their preference.

While this is less convenient for me (a fact which is reflected in my compensation), it flattens the onboarding curve without requiring a complete RTO for everyone.

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release-object 577 days ago
+1. Working where we are most effective, at any given time, is the best defence against a mandated RTO.
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release-object 577 days ago
> Sure it’s not the most effective

And this is the problem. I want to work from home full time. But until I can replicate all of the benefits remotely I will continue with hybrid.

This is a very emotive subject. The only way we are going to translation to a fully remote future is by accepting the limitions of remote. And then fixing them.

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