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Agree with the occasional relaxed "coffee chat", and having a repository full of good documentation, but...

>If you aren't having at least one video call a day something is probably wrong.

That seems excessive to me, especially if everyone is also staying connected via chat, emails, etc. Weekly meetings are about my limit, considering I also have work to do, meetings with external stakeholders, ad-hoc meetings, etc.

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At least one video call a day is more about socialization than work; chat and email doesn't really strengthen psychological feelings of connection to the team. Regularly putting a face to the nickname is important.

I consider small meetings (say <10 people) within the team, ad-hoc or otherwise, to count against the once a day minimum. It doesn't need to be a purely social call to be effective.

Different people want different levels of socialization attached to their job duties. If the meetings are a requirement, having them daily is too much for my taste and is more likely to strengthen my psychological feelings of being annoyed.

In any case, not having a daily meeting does not mean something is wrong, as the parent poster stated.

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