It has a good effect on hiring, I'd guess.
Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
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Re: Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
#12Absent any other details as to how Mr. Hastings has come to his conclusions I'm left wondering if “Not being able to get together in person, particularly internationally, is a pure negative,” Mr Hastings told the Wall Street Journal. Doesn't ACTUALLY mean "managers not being able to micromanage by proxy of physical presence is a pure negative", because in lived experience this has been at the root of much resistance…
I'm working from home since 2014 and this is the main argument I heared when I still was employed.
Going freelancing internationally finally shut them up.
Re: Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
#13Title should reflect that this is the opinion of one guy, Reed Hastings.
Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix, who decides work policies for thousands of his employees.
Re: Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
#14Why does the title exclude “Netflix boss” that is on the original?
Excluding it gives a false impression this is something more than a self interested opinion.
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#15Sorry Reid, but I'll never set foot in an office again. Working 100% remote saves me way too much time, not to mention money, and I've long since sorted out staying connected work colleagues (I've been working 100% remote for ~6 years).
Not needing to factor in commuting when choosing where to live is a godsend.
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#16Bullshit. Where is the peer-reviewed research?
Screw the peer-reviewed research - I have money!
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#17Bullshit. Where is the peer-reviewed research?
This is business! Billions of dollars are at stake. This is far too important for things like "research" or "science." We make decisions based on the gut feelings of charismatic white men. Charisma is proof. If reality disagrees with charisma, reality is wrong. (Politics is even more this way...)
Was bringing race into this really necessary?
Re: Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
#18Why does the title exclude “Netflix boss” that is on the original? Excluding it gives a false impression this is something more than a self interested opinion.
I have edited. My bad.
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#19Whilst there are no doubt downsides to working remotely, and I certainly miss seeing the people I work with face to face, there is literally zero substance to this piece.
I mean even Reed Hastings, the subject of the article, fails to enumerate the downsides he sees to remote working. Without hard - and frankly much wider ranging - evidence this is just one man's opinion and it's not a particularly interesting or insightful one either.
Re: Netflix boss: Remote working has negative effects
#20Absent any other details as to how Mr. Hastings has come to his conclusions I'm left wondering if “Not being able to get together in person, particularly internationally, is a pure negative,” Mr Hastings told the Wall Street Journal. Doesn't ACTUALLY mean "managers not being able to micromanage by proxy of physical presence is a pure negative", because in lived experience this has been at the root of much resistance…
Certainly matches my experience. Panopticon at work.