Flawed Perception of Remote Work- In the news
Most of you have seen this article already- Bosses are fed up with remote work for 4 main reasons. The crux of this article, and the assertion made in it, are fundamentally flawed. The problem is not with remote work. The problem is with managers who cannot manage remotely and with workers who cannot work remotely. We need to differentiate between roles that can truly be performed remotely and those that are best suited for in-person or site-based collaboration. Do remote workers get energized during team off-sites? Yes. Does this mean that working in the same space day in and day out is the answer- no. Have we already forgotten the burnout and endless distractions from forced in-office work? During and after the pandemic, we made the mistake of trying to make every role a remote role. It was the future of work! But the truth is, not everything and not everyone can thrive in a remote work environment. We need to look at what can be done remotely and then empower people to do rem...