> Netflix's chairman has said working from home has no positive effects and makes debating ideas harder
The only people I have heard complaining is management. It makes it harder to do their jobs, and shows how useless many of their jobs are.
The only people I have heard complaining is management. It makes it harder to do their jobs, and shows how useless many of their jobs are.
You don't just overhear a conversation on Skype and chime in. A lot of bad ideas are stopped in their tracks this way, and a lot of debates can gain valuable perspective this way.
However saying there's no positive effect is stupid as well. I tend to be able to work more hours since it's easier to go running in my lunch time, I save the commute time so I'm less stressed arriving at work, I can concentrate on my work better since there's less office chatter (the opposite side of the benefit above).
So like everything it has positive and negative effects.
But yes, maybe there are too many middle managers that are twiddling their thumbs now. They probably didn't do much before either, but they felt like they were contributing, and this feeling has gone away.
Something like 60% of devs I’ve spoken to have struggled seriously with COVID WFH. And a nontrivial portion of those are struggling in ways that are fundamental to WFH rather than due to the pandemic.