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Face time, of course, doesn't necessarily have to mean "in the same
office at the same moment" time. A few years ago I worked for a
consultancy with satellite offices nationwide that flew staff
frenetically hither and yon to do business -- until Sept. 11. During the
tumult of that time, the company pared back flying and turned
extensively to videoconferencing. We remained daily in touch through
phone and Internet, had videoconference meetings when we really wanted
to see and interact with each other and clients, continued flying on a
more limited scale, and brought the whole crew in house about once a
quarter for a week of meetings, meals, and reconnecting. The result was
whether you worked in Boise or Buffalo or Glendale, you stayed connected
and felt connected.
And just to play the devil's advocate a bit further, the flip side
advantage of not having everyone in the same office all the time may be
less predisposition toward the insularity and groupthink that's been
cited more than once in the employment question thread.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Martinek, Carla
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:17 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "face time" at the office
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Richard Lewis wrote:
Additionally, I recently read in Business Week that face-time is
critical to promotability. Higher management has to see frequently how
you react in adverse situations to promote you into the upper levels.
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Provided one *wants* to be promoted into the upper levels (and many of
us don't). ;-)
But this is another discussion.
-Carla
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