re: Forbes - CEOs Will Be Clamping Down On Employees

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What blows mymind is the people who are getting NEW jobs that are 100% remote.

How tf does a person get up to speed quickly and efficiently in that environment.

I can understand the people who have been doing the same 5 tasks for tye past 10 years being able to do those same 5 tasks remotely, but how do you start at a new place, with different ways of doing things while never meeting or sitting down with them face to face when you're first starting. Crazy to me.

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I've worked remotely for the vast majority of my career, I'm a consultant at this point and we take on new clients often. Taking on a new client is essentially like starting a new job. We always have a 2 week onsite when we start with a new client and have what we call a "discovery session" where we learn how the client performs their work (we're all experts in the work but there are nuances depending upon the client). At the beginning we also have Zoom/Teams sessions for them to show us other workflows if they didn't get to cover something during the Discovery session. Having open lines of communication is key, whether in person or remote. I don't really see hitting someone up on Teams as that different from walking into someone's office. If needed, we call and talk via Teams as well.

I don't think remote working works that well for most entry level employees (although I did it 10+ years ago).