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juniper_strong | 5 years ago

>> I'm not sure how new teams can be formed and new staff onboarded with zero human contact or office interaction

The company laptop shows up at your front door and you get on the phone with the hiring manager who tells you how to log in.

I started in April and I've never met any of the people I work with in person. On my team, only one of the people was ever in the actual office.

It isn't a problem. Takes a little longer to build trust with people, that's about it.

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ardy42|5 years ago

>> I'm not sure how new teams can be formed and new staff onboarded with zero human contact or office interaction

> It isn't a problem. Takes a little longer to build trust with people, that's about it.

It is a problem, because there's more to being on a team than getting a laptop and doing assigned work. Losing workplace human contact may be find for some people, but for me the loss has been palpable. The change is necessary given the circumstances, but that doesn't mean it's fine.

This gets at some of it: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/opinion/work-from-home-lo....