“People need to go back to the office for the human contact and connection”
But I get way more “human contact” with my kids, family, friends, & doing the things I love most – while doing the best work of my life —being a remote worker?
Breaking down this office myth 🧵
But I get way more “human contact” with my kids, family, friends, & doing the things I love most – while doing the best work of my life —being a remote worker?
Breaking down this office myth 🧵
There next line is always “humans are social animals” as if we had offices thousands of years ago
We have never spent so little time with our kids, families, and friends
We need deep relationships with to have meaningful interactions
At an office? Not so much
We have never spent so little time with our kids, families, and friends
We need deep relationships with to have meaningful interactions
At an office? Not so much
*Not saying people don’t make friends at work
But think about it: how many people are you still in weekly contact with from your last employer?
What about the one before that?
And before that?
But think about it: how many people are you still in weekly contact with from your last employer?
What about the one before that?
And before that?
Turns out your employers HR team picking the people your closest social contact with isn’t a good thing
Your closest social relationship depending on your employers economic success to exist – and if it doesn’t relationships typically end – is a bad thing
Your closest social relationship depending on your employers economic success to exist – and if it doesn’t relationships typically end – is a bad thing
Being remote-first does’t mean you never meet your team in person
But when you do it is intentional – it’s with the purpose of strengthening communication & collaboration muscles
As a result, remote teams usually have closer relationships with their teams than office workers
But when you do it is intentional – it’s with the purpose of strengthening communication & collaboration muscles
As a result, remote teams usually have closer relationships with their teams than office workers
And when you dig, of course this is true
Someone taps you on the shoulder to ask if you saw the game last night? These daily rituals of interaction do little more pad the day out and fill the gaps between distraction and work
It rarely goes deeper
Someone taps you on the shoulder to ask if you saw the game last night? These daily rituals of interaction do little more pad the day out and fill the gaps between distraction and work
It rarely goes deeper
Humans do need human contact and connection
That most typically get that in an office is a myth
Full-time office work is broken way of living
That most typically get that in an office is a myth
Full-time office work is broken way of living
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