Do you prefer remote or office meetings?
Enola VEDOVOTTO
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Can you explain why?
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Cathy Patalas@kapatalas
Woodpecker.co
Office as it's more interactive, my whole team is more engaged and everyone openly shares their ideas, much better than via Google Meet
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Metamouse
If it complex decision - in the office. If it's a short meeting or an easy decision - then absolutely by video
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This is def a matter of personality, I feel I'm much more efficient and also better at managing remote meetings.
Verticalls
@alexandracote yep, it's depend of what you prefer, personally I like the hybrid, I find it nice to be able to see my colleagues in the week and that we are working on common topics at this time, and to be more effective on my own files alone at home for example
Mostly remote however on a few occasions like when it comes to recruiting an individual, an in person meeting at the office makes more sense because remote meetings take away the ability to read non-verbal cues.
Perhaps, on our part we need to reframe the conversation and concentrate on what we’re actually trying to accomplish rather than where, precisely, we’ll be sitting when we accomplish it.
Of course, this is today’s scenario. The rise of Metaverse might just change things beyond our wildest expectations.
Verticalls
Product Hunt
The cop out answer is it depends. So long as everyone on a remote call has reasonable video and voice, it kinda just depends on what you're trying to accomplish.
That being said, there are now so many great multi-player tools (e.g. Google docs, Figma, Miro) that work great when everyone is looking at their own screen. When everyone knows how to use them, I find those meetings to be really productive. Anyone can contribute instead of just one person driving the meeting.
Verticalls
@product_at_producthunt I agree with you, it all depends on the type of mission and the personality of each person. But it is certain that tool level, especially with the novelties that arrive in launch on product hunt, we have something to be productive!
@product_at_producthunt I don't think that's a cop out! I'm the same way with my team. Whilst remote meetings are great for day to day crap, I find that for my team being all in the same location (face-to-face) can really unlock creativity.
It's easy to sneakily open your emails on video calls and get distracted doing other work. Where face-to-face it's harder to do that.
What I've implemented with my team is quarterly face to face meetings where we plan out strategy, roadmap and any large campaigns. This seems to work well.
I think the office becomes the new "off-site". Carefully planned and focused on social connections.
Office only for social events and team bonding sessions.
For everything else: remote is far more efficient.
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Definitely remote, but I will say it's hard if some people are in an office and some are remote (seems like the remote folks get a little left out sometimes)
Verticalls
@britt_joiner exactly, that why we share our calendar with my boss because we are on the same office and it's really complicated to be focused when someone else be on meeting !
Lucky Carrot
Top question in the world. I, myself deeply enjoy WFH. Though do agree that it highly depends on the very job you are doing. As a B2B IT salesperson, it is a must to show up somehow in the office. So, accordingly, I combine both.
hey! great question... i have found it depends on what you're working on... as a designer meeting in person to scope + vibe on different challenges is much easier where possible irl
doing code reviews, growth and content is much better async over video and voice
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@christianagraves Totally, it depends on the missions we have and whether we do them as a group or alone. That’s why I love the hybrid: part of the week in the office and part of the week working from home
@christianagraves samesies! I hate doing iterating on designs and ideas are much better and easier in real life, although the annotate feature on Zoom etc helps, still not the same. But other than that, I'm ok with remote meetings :)
I try to avoid meetings all together - but when I have them, if they are introduction meetings, remote works for me. But for strategy and brainstorming sessions, nothing can beat in person. So, all in all - hybrid.
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After a while I am sick of looking at distorted faces on my screen, internet latency and people forgetting to unmute....
DeckLinks
I'm biased - we're a remote team. And I do enjoy remote working.
But, those two or three times a year our entire team gets together, and do some work around a big table...those moments are really special. And productive.
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@adamcbuchanan I think that because your habit is to telework you really enjoy being with others around a round table because these are rare moments.
Conversely, I think that someone who is always in the office greatly appreciates working from home once or twice a year
I find that video meetings are more efficient, most of the time. We keep them as short as possible with a focus on the most important points. Especially weekly meetings. For major strategic and team decisions, office meetings are important and more convenient, due to energy between people in live, but they can be also done in remote without a problem.
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I find WFH very productive as I get a lot of time for my focused work. Though as a designer, I often miss brainstorming with my team in-person but rest of the work can very easily be done remotely.
Spiritory
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