Due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 or other business decisions, remote work is becoming increasingly popular. "Remote first" working environments exist within companies where most employees work remotely. This paper takes a deep dive into the remote-first mentality. It investigates its effects on employees at varying stages in their careers, day-to-day productivity, and working relationships with team members. We found that the remote-first mentality most impacts seasoned employees and managers, potentially due to trouble adjusting to a new way of working compared to the rest of their careers and the "always on" mentality associated with working from home. Regarding productivity, we found that while software development productivity appears unimpacted, the effectiveness of communication and employee wellbeing saw declines which are generally associated with lowered productivity. Finally, we looked closer at the communication side of things and how remote work impacts relationship building. We found that the most significant impacts on relationship building centered around "trust" and "credibility" being harder to build due to a lack of non-verbal cues during social interactions.
翻译:由于2020年的Covid-19大流行或其他商业决定,远程工作越来越受欢迎。在大多数雇员远程工作的公司里,存在“先去先去”的工作环境。本文深入潜入远程第一意识。它调查了它对处于不同职业生涯阶段的雇员的影响、日常生产力和与小组成员的工作关系。我们发现,远程第一心态对经年老的雇员和管理人员的影响最大,这有可能是由于与他们的职业生涯的其余部分相比难以适应新的工作方式以及与在家工作有关的“通向”的心态。关于生产率,我们发现虽然软件开发的生产率似乎没有影响,但通信和雇员福祉的效力却看到了下降,这通常与生产力的降低有关。最后,我们更仔细地审视了事物的沟通方面以及远程工作对建立关系的影响。我们发现,对以“信任”和“信誉”为中心的关系建设的最重大影响,由于社会互动中缺乏非语言的提示,因此难以建立关系。