Cannot see the other person's face or figure
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:02 am
Personally, this was the most inconvenient thing I've felt since remote work became so long ago. The other two were both good and bad, but I feel like the bad aspects of this are overwhelmingly more prevalent in my work.
Leaving aside the busy work mentioned earlier, the job of public relations, which involves widely disseminating information about the company and building relationships with stakeholders, basically cannot begin without seeing and listening to what is happening within the company and consulting and coordinating with various people.
In theory, if there's something that bothers you, you know you can just talk to them on Slack right away, but if they're busy, you might think, "It's just an idea, I'd like to hear their thoughts if they're free," so you end up noticing and not picking up the information you could 99 acres database have picked up while they're busy. Or, if you're at work, you might think, "The people around there are having a good time, I wonder if there's some good news?" and end up missing out on the information you could have picked up while they were busy.
It's not something I consciously think about on a daily basis, but this was an opportunity for me to really realize the importance of quality casual conversation and non-verbal communication that can come from meeting people without making an appointment.
I gave feedback to the team about this issue, and they've decided to try to improve it by setting up daily online chat meetings with various people.
Finally, I would like to add one more thing about online communication that I also think is good.
When women are together, they often wave to each other when an online meeting ends. At a company-wide meeting the other day, in a scene that would have ended with just applause in a real meeting, chatter like "Thank you for your hard work!" and "Congratulations on winning the President's Award!" flew around.
Perhaps because it is difficult to convey subtle nuances online, people feel the need to over-react, but I like how many people are more friendly than usual. (Even though I hadn't been to work in a while today, I waved to my teammates out of habit.)
So, although we still can't see what the future holds, let's each do our best in our own positions, making use of remote work where appropriate and avoiding the three "Cs" of "closed spaces," "crowding," and "close contact."
Leaving aside the busy work mentioned earlier, the job of public relations, which involves widely disseminating information about the company and building relationships with stakeholders, basically cannot begin without seeing and listening to what is happening within the company and consulting and coordinating with various people.
In theory, if there's something that bothers you, you know you can just talk to them on Slack right away, but if they're busy, you might think, "It's just an idea, I'd like to hear their thoughts if they're free," so you end up noticing and not picking up the information you could 99 acres database have picked up while they're busy. Or, if you're at work, you might think, "The people around there are having a good time, I wonder if there's some good news?" and end up missing out on the information you could have picked up while they were busy.
It's not something I consciously think about on a daily basis, but this was an opportunity for me to really realize the importance of quality casual conversation and non-verbal communication that can come from meeting people without making an appointment.
I gave feedback to the team about this issue, and they've decided to try to improve it by setting up daily online chat meetings with various people.
Finally, I would like to add one more thing about online communication that I also think is good.
When women are together, they often wave to each other when an online meeting ends. At a company-wide meeting the other day, in a scene that would have ended with just applause in a real meeting, chatter like "Thank you for your hard work!" and "Congratulations on winning the President's Award!" flew around.
Perhaps because it is difficult to convey subtle nuances online, people feel the need to over-react, but I like how many people are more friendly than usual. (Even though I hadn't been to work in a while today, I waved to my teammates out of habit.)
So, although we still can't see what the future holds, let's each do our best in our own positions, making use of remote work where appropriate and avoiding the three "Cs" of "closed spaces," "crowding," and "close contact."