Melburnian1
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Some of you may still be working in offices, albeit with the 'four metre social distancing' rule. Another group may be in 'normal' other settings such as a hospital, mine or construction site.
Others may be at home, working on a laptop if it's practical for your type of work.
Some, unfortunately will be on leave without pay through no fault of their own, or that will be coming to them as annual leave credits are used.
A few years ago video conferencing was predicted to take over. It hasn't as far as I can observe.
With coronavirus, how are you finding productivity given that we mostly can't travel because employers/insurers won't allow it, or because meetings or events at the destination have been cancelled or postponed.
Is working remotely at home, or having video discussions with colleagues or clients interstate as productive as flying or travelling by other modes to the latter for the day or overnight?
Or is, as I've always thought, the face-to-face (in person) interaction so important to deals, agreements and the like that flying is essential?
When all this concludes, will some employers/companies/govt departments and agencies change their way of working and insist you fly less and use video conferencing or similar more, or will we all go back to how it was in say November 2019?
Will domestic air travel recover really quickly as some assert, or will it be gradual in its climb back, or stay somewhat depressed?
Others may be at home, working on a laptop if it's practical for your type of work.
Some, unfortunately will be on leave without pay through no fault of their own, or that will be coming to them as annual leave credits are used.
A few years ago video conferencing was predicted to take over. It hasn't as far as I can observe.
With coronavirus, how are you finding productivity given that we mostly can't travel because employers/insurers won't allow it, or because meetings or events at the destination have been cancelled or postponed.
Is working remotely at home, or having video discussions with colleagues or clients interstate as productive as flying or travelling by other modes to the latter for the day or overnight?
Or is, as I've always thought, the face-to-face (in person) interaction so important to deals, agreements and the like that flying is essential?
When all this concludes, will some employers/companies/govt departments and agencies change their way of working and insist you fly less and use video conferencing or similar more, or will we all go back to how it was in say November 2019?
Will domestic air travel recover really quickly as some assert, or will it be gradual in its climb back, or stay somewhat depressed?
But it's ok. It's way easier when you know all the people in the meeting because you know who's talking. Join a teleconference where everyone else knows each other and you don't and it can be hard to assign thoughts and ideas to a particular company or branch.
At least in a face to face meeting you aren't looking at yourself!
