Hacker News Reader

Personally, I've always felt the "chance meeting/collaboration/innovation" argument against remote work is total bullshit.

My current fully remote team of the past year is leaps and bounds more collaborative and innovative than any of the in-person teams I've worked with in office environments for most of my 16 year career.

IMO, it's deeply backwards thinking by executives who are scared the world is changing.

View on HN

I don't think it's executives. A lot of executives in large companies don't seem to be in touch enough to really notice if most people went remote.

I always assumed it was middle managers who are worried they can't justify their jobs if they aren't standing over someone's shoulder.

Yeah true - I see the same hesitancy at the middle management level too.

The "random encounters" thing is always funny to hear from executives, because they are rarely anywhere but in back-to-back meetings.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com