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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 2 years 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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[–] admax3000@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Fully remote but had an company that worked in an office for about 6 years. So this is from an employer / business owner:

A couple of reasons why on-site might be better:

better team bonding / closer relationship
faster execution of ideas (especially for startups)
less distractions
better to guide new team members
there are some jobs that are not project based, so productivity is lower for remote.
poorer communication

Yes, it’s down to management and better communication,

But I need to put in way more effort to get more from the team versus (the whole job of a leader and manager)

Especially if the team is inexperienced and never worked remotely before.

It works for a company with an established systems. But less for a startup trying to figure things out and scale.