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If you're an employer: Why have you never considered going remote (that is if your team can work remotely)? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by suaibme1@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Please, I'm just genuinely curious.

But I'll like to help anyone wanting to answer by categorizing the reasons into like 4: You can choose any, or come up with your own reasons.

You believe remote work is just a trend, and will die soon
You think it's just a bubble waiting to burst
You think remote work will never be successful
You believe remote work is still in its infancy/ (it's early) and you don't want to jump on the train just yet
You're just uncertain about the whole remote work thing

I'm thinking of using your reasons to work on a bigger content (ebook) for my long piece here.

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[–] WheresYourEv1dence@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s mind numbingly simple. Imagine you’re a ceo.

If you have an office with enough room for all your employees, there’s no benefit to allowing remote work and only cost. The cost is more pronounced in certain roles but it’s essentially self evident: it’s easier to skate off when you’re out of sight and out of mind, and you know you’re getting what you pay for when your employees are in the office, vs when they are not you don’t know. Oh, you’re more efficient at home and don’t waste time commuting? As the boss I don’t really care, because I only care about the metrics that drive my business to grow. It would be irresponsible to operate differently and likely cost people their jobs.

[–] Perspective_Itchy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you care about the metrics, why does remote work matter to you? If the result remotely and in person is the same, there is no point in having in person work

[–] BawlsAddict@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Exactly, this person should never manage people

[–] laserdicks@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I only care about the metrics that drive my business to grow

Only a complete failure of a boss would be incapable of using these metrics to manage performance.

It's mind-numbingly obvious which managers in this thread are incompetent and blaming remote work for their failures.