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Shalin Doshi

Work from home or Work from office?

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Someone told me a line, which I thought would be good for a discussion to have: Accept it - "If you can't trust your team to work from home; you don't trust them at all." Ps: I like to work from the office Please share your comments and views on the same.
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Graham Beck
Honestly think this is a gray area. Not everyone has a great at-home environment and some people don't want to commute. This article covers a ton of pros, cons, etc: https://drop-desk.com/hybrid-work
Shalin Doshi
@grahambeck what’s your take on it?
Graham Beck
@shalin_doshi My take is that it should be down to the individual to choose whether to work from home, the office or a local space. As long as productivity does not suffer, why wouldn't companies want employees to have a better quality of life?
Shalin Doshi
@grahambeck if I may ask, you want a better quality for employees or better output?
Shalin Doshi
@grahambeck working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Kiefer Kazimir
Neither? I don't like working at home, because I need a separate space to feel productive. But I also think the benefits of remote work are amazing and far outweigh in-person offices. My solution: rent a small private office about 5-10 minutes from where I live. It allows me to get out of the house and have a separate work space while still eliminating the negatives of the office.
Shalin Doshi
@exemplar That's true, office space surely increase productivity and gives you a change, sitting at home would surely become boring after a point of time.
Shalin Doshi
@exemplar Hey Kiefer, working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Inam from Outgrow
Wfh is something which we all started enjoying recently and it helps in balancing professional and personal life.
Shalin Doshi
@inam_from_outgrow for me WFH is only balancing personal life, with the number of distractions at home, it becomes hard to work. Plus you need a change after some time. It's like food can be cooked at home as well, why go to a restaurant? For change. Anyways what's your take on it?
Shalin Doshi
@inam_from_outgrow Hey Iman, working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Inam from Outgrow
Dina Mostafa
I prefer working from office. Working from home makes me feel more lazy. I can't control when to wake up. and I feel like everything is mixed up, doing home stuff while doing my work tasks.
Shalin Doshi
@dina_mostafa working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Reece Jones
I think it's not necessarily the location itself. I'd imagine I'd have the same adverse reaction to "Work ONLY from this coffee shop" as I do to "Work from office." The flexibility is what I appreciate.
Shalin Doshi
@reecekjones flexibility in terms of location or does it even include timings?
Reece Jones
@shalin_doshi I think everything, all kinds of flexibility haha.
Shalin Doshi
@reecekjones can you let us know what business are you into?
Reece Jones
@shalin_doshi I am a founder! Just launched my health education company. Actually you can check out our page here! https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Shalin Doshi
@reecekjones imagine if you were at a wework, how many people you could have reached? Potentially to try your product out
Armenui Eganyan
As a marketer, I need to connect with people, hear their ideas, brainstorm, and "talk-it-through". Couple of days working from home — okay, to focus and execute your plans, but no more.
Shalin Doshi
@armenuhi_yeganyan are you in the zone when WFH compared to office culture?
Shalin Doshi
@armenuhi_yeganyan working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
John
Trusting your team, even in the office setup, existed pre-covid. There should be no difference in trusting your team to perform as good, outside the office. Given that some team members might be more efficient working in the office for whatever reasons, a hybrid setup is good. Others, who perform better in WFH, can stay WFH.
Shalin Doshi
@reyalteedotcom that’s difficult to judge, I believe you can test the employee under pressure in an office environment better, compared to home setup. Also, a lot of task can be explained well 1v1 compared to virtual
Shalin Doshi
@reyalteedotcom working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Kinanti Desyanandini
I love the social aspect of working from the office, but commuting + distractions are so tricky for me. We have a hybrid team across timezones and recommended WFO days, but are flexible which is nice! I've found connecting with team members that are remote by DMing them with less-work related stuff has been really helpful to connect while remote, which means that when I am in the office for a social event / team strategy meeting, I'm a lot more present and energised! ⚡️
Shalin Doshi
@kina so hybrid is the future, but would it have an effect on your output if you worked 100% from office?
Kinanti Desyanandini
@shalin_doshi absolutely! I find being in the office constantly quite tiring and distracting, and prefer to have time to WFH 😊
Shalin Doshi
@kina I feel WFH is more distracting compared to working from office, as we can focus on more in work environment compared to home. I would like to state for schools in examples, studies can happen from home as well, why have school? Because the students get distracted at home.
Shalin Doshi
@kina working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Kim Lawson
Both have their value, but the default location has to be home. It's good to do fairly regular F2F with workmates though. We're social animals and that reinforces bonds like nothing else.
Shalin Doshi
@kim_lawson There is nothing has to be, if that was the case apple or google wouldn't have spend billions of dollars to create an office space, having great leaders they could have implement WFH easily, but I'm sure there would be some benefits as to why they spend so heavily in creating a good office space. Also We work become a billion dollar company by providing a seat in a building, that same seat and table was there in someones house, yet they opted for we work.
Shalin Doshi
@kim_lawson Hey Kim, working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
Srishty Chaudhary
I think there should be blend of both the modes of work. Since, we all have seen that WFH is workable so employees should be given privilege to do WFH and if possible then they can visit office once a week to interact with their co-workers because no matter how much they talk on zoom or google meet, meeting in person hits differently.
Shalin Doshi
@srishty_chaudhary Hey Srishty, working from home comes with challenges and we have tried to solve one of the issue of networking with people by launching our product DashLynk https://www.producthunt.com/post..., so check it out and give us your feedback if possible.
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