The idea that "in office" work helps with learning/training etc is utter BS for companies that have geographically diverse teams. For the last 10 years my immediate team has been in at least 3 cities, and often as many time zones. https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/amazon_mandates_return_to_office/
@ingram Besides the advantage of communicating face-to-face occasionally. at least for our kind of work I can't see any point to coming into the office.
Amazon may have a point about establishing a culture. Maybe. Other companies seem to do it just fine using Slack or whatever.
@jasonetheridge Spent the last couple of days in the office. Rows of people with headsets on (could have been a call centre, but it wasn't) staring at screens. Meetings in rooms were with 80% of people remotely attending. Manager was at another site. Hmm, so much for "interaction".
@jasonetheridge And maybe some electronic whiteboards that work? I had better access to "telepresence" facilities at a power company 8 years ago. Starship inspired room with screens, cameras and audio that actually worked.