Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom
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Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom::Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the benefits of in-person work in a leaked meeting.
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I mean, scientifically speaking, they're not wrong. Physical contact with another person causes trust to grow because it causes oxytocin secretion.
But it's still funny that the owner of a video calling company is telling people to go back to the office.
Can’t think of any instance in which I physically touched my coworkers and I sat next to them every fucking weekday for 5+ years
It's not touching them, it's just interacting with them irl, makes your brain more active and produces more stuffs in it.
You'd have to prove the oxytocin gain on net is higher than the overall return produced by having the flexibility to work remotely.
This isn't a zero-sum exchange, and I personally am not convinced it is positive in-person. Rather, remote work with frequent travel-based interaction, paid for by closing offices where possible and renting space where not, seems to be a better return, from what I've seen.