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Discussion on: Its 2018, why are you still going to the office?

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Frank Carr
  1. Some managers, particularly in old school corporations, have to have everyone in their location so that they can manage (aka micromanage). You even see this in tech companies where management draws inspiration from folks like Marissa Mayer.

  2. Some managers are convinced you can't do Agile/Scrum remotely and have it be effective.

  3. Some jobs require interaction with physical devices that require one to be onsite, for example manufacturing or medical equipment.

  4. At smaller companies, programmers may end up doing general IT support duties and need to be onsite for that.

  5. Bad experiences with remote work in the past can cause companies to prohibit employees from using it.