Microsoft CEO Is Sceptical About Permanent Remote Working

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Read about it from gamesindustry biz:

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is not convinced this is viable as a permanent setup.

Speaking to The New York Times, he discussed how the world is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic in three phases.

Nadella does not believe switching from offices to permanent remote setups is likely to be a result of the reimagining, arguing it would be "replacing one dogma with another dogma."

"What does burnout look like?" he said. "What does mental health look like? What does that connectivity and the community building look like?

"One of the things I feel is, 'Hey, maybe we are burning some of the social capital we built up in this phases where we are all working remote. What's the measure of that?"

He added that, while virtual meetings often start and end on time, he misses physically being in the meeting room with people so he can "connect with them for the two minutes before or after."

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I was talking about this with some people at work, at this point in time it would suck for me to work from home. I live in a small apartment so to get up, work from it and then try and relax afterwards would drive me up the wall.

 

[froggyboy604]

I feel working from home can be okay for some jobs like web design, web masters, , coding, and data entry where you mainly fill out data into databases, spreadsheets, and forms.

But, the internet is not good enough in some towns to have long video chat meetings with co-workers.

Some people may also not have enough free space to work from home because they share their room with many people, so video chating can have a lot of background noise from roommates,

 

[Grungie]

This is one of those things that can vary from person to person. I’ve been working (well sorta) from home for the past 2 months and it’s like a promotion for me. Our Chad in the office was getting cabin fever.