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I'm still really indifferent but you could almost say I'm converted in the opposite direction. I realized how awful my co-workers are at communication, especially asynchronous communication and it makes me want to pull my hair out.

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That’s an organizational and leadership/management issue at your current company and/or group/team; it’s not ubiquitous.

It’s time for you to find a different company that hires people who can communicate or teaches them to do better.

Not everyone is suited to work from home. I hated working from home, it destroyed my work focus and I think it put a good hole in my career. In the future, I'll prefer companies who offer in person (or hybrid) employment. Everyone is different.

Some people are good at the discipline and self-motivation required to make this work and like the situation where you're more isolated except when you go out of your way not to be. Some people are much happier and productive in an environment where face-to-face communication can happen frequently and when unplanned, and when you can have more personal communication. Obviously it's not as simple as those 2 categories, but as some companies embrace WFH and others go back to in-person, we're going to find that people gravitate towards environments that are one or the way other and find people that are like them. I wouldn't view one as worse or caused by a "leadership / management issue".

...as opposed to walking over to their cube, standing behind them for a few seconds staring at their screen before they realize you're behind them, and then interrupting their work by asking your question?

No? There are ways to collaborate in person that don't require acting like you have 0 social skills.

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