You know what would be cool? If some company would fix those remote working problems instead of forcing people to work in place.
But I guess it's not their job.
I feel much more productive in write-first teams. Meetings can be done over Zoom then, and they’re always short and productive. Anything works at that point.
Genuinely, all these companies raising issues with training, and collaboration, and connection, but in the last 3 years have put zero effort to address these issues with respect to remote work so they throw the baby with the bath water and force people to return.
The Friday afternoon beer call was funny and entertaining during covid but it’s worn thin and people want to physically meet up again.