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Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees: while those who worked entirely onsite reported the lowest. (www.colorado.edu)
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[–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (7 children)

I’ve been working remotely for over 20 years. One of my subsidiaries is entirely decentralised and remote. I can’t imagine doing anything else now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (6 children)

    I would like to have the option to assemble at an office when we want to, but our company embraced remote so completely that they let a bunch of leases expire and closed whole regional offices. Saved a ton of cash. But it does mean that I never see even my coworkers who are in the same metro area. And that’s a bit of a bummer.

    To some extent, work has always been a way to make friends, and that’s also completely off the table now. There just aren’t those spare moments at the water cooler or drinks after work to be the basis of that. I’m older so this is hardly a dealbreaker for me but if I think back to my younger years where I was still building myself and my life, it would be a serious deficiency.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    We meet up regularly. The whole team, too. It’s expensive, but priceless.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    How often do you do it? What does it look like (Lunch - weeklong visit?)? And who pays for it?

    If you don’t mind my asking. I don’t meet many people with 20YOE doing this :)

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    Copy: »Based on two decades of experience: As a general rule, there should be regular in-person team events (around two a year and just for fun). In addition, there should be joint training sessions (also around two a year). … Cooking together is brilliant: just two days ago we held our summer strategy meeting at a cookery school, where we cooked and enjoyed a three-course meal together. Basically, anything that encourages plenty of interaction and offers a completely different setting to the usual one is ideal.« We (the company) pay everything. It’s a »regular« workday.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Ah so straight up team building days. We dis a lot more of that when we were still in-office, sadly. It fell off during Covid for obvious reasons and after that we were in layoff mode.

    Do they pay to fly people out for this twice a year? An activity isn’t necessarily too expensive but the flights & hotel sure can be.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, it’s all-inclusive.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Well that’s definitely the way to go. Glad your employer does it right. It seems to me that the massive amount of money saved in real estate, office staff, and daily meals should easily pay for the kind of thing you are describing, many times over. I wish more employers thought about it that way.

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