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- Meetings are remote first. If at least one person is remote then the whole team video calls in. There is nothing worse than being a person on the virtual end
by mulander 4y ago
- Meetings are remote first. If at least one person is remote then the whole team video calls in. There is nothing worse than being a person on the virtual end trying to understand a mic grabbing voice from a room full of people.
- Schedule peer programming sessions, especially with less senior staff. Without the office environment they have less opportunities to grow.
- All meetings should have a note listing all decisions made.
- Promote async communication. Have people describe a problem instead of saying hi and waiting for a reply.
- whywhywhywhy 4y ago>There is nothing worse than being a person on the virtual end trying to understand a mic grabbing voice from a room full of people. I can assure you it’s just as frustrating having to slow an in person meeting down to remote pace because one person didn’t want to show up.
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- sokoloff 4y agoIf someone sends me just “Hi” in slack, they’re still waiting to this day.
- maxehmookau 4y agoOr "Hey, quick question." Ask the damn question then.
- ferryman 4y agoyou should check out https://www.nohello.com/ https://www.nohello.com/ Some folks at my workplace have been using this to explain their point of view to people who just send Hi/Hello
- pards 4y agoThese "slack farts" really irk me. The first time someone does it, I usually respond with the nohello.com link and a brief note letting them know that the niceties aren't necessary - you can just ask your question.