David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)It’s amazing how many LinkedIn posts say some variant of ‘remote work is bad because remote teams can’t do {thing remote teams have been doing successfully since IRC was the state of the art in communication for remote workers}’. And what they mean is ‘I don’t know how to manage remote teams’. It takes a special kind of arrogance to believe that just because you can’t do something that other people have been doing for decades, that thing is impossible.
unexpectedteapot@david_chisnall I think it is usually a form of control. A lot of meetings especially in the lower level of corporate aren't necessary at all. Their utility for the higher ups can and usually is mostly being able to exert pressure and intimidation. You can't have nearly as much of that in online meetings. The older folks aren't used to it and might be too scared from losing that form of control.