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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
That works well if you have established relationships with those coworkers. One reason WFH during COVID worked relatively well even for collaborative teams was that you had existing relationships that could be leveraged over Teams / Zoom etc. I found that onboarding and integrating new employees was very difficult until you were able to start meeting in person and establish those personal relationships. Most humans are social creatures, and relate better that way.
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After the success of WFH during Covid, my CEO decided to fire my entire accounting staff and outsource them to Eastern Europe. I had to lose my entire team of established relationships and train an entire new team who not only were on an 8 hour time difference but also English was their second language. I won't say it was easy, but within a year the team was running as efficiently as the one who worked in the office.
Every anecdote is going to have their own specifics and what works for one team, may not work for others. There will definitely be roles that would benefit from collaboration in person, but the assumptions that we need to support in person because it is "better" or that all WFH are slacking are just lazy.