If career growth matters, 100% remote is a trap
byu/roseba inunpopularopinion
Apprehensive_Ruin692
I think this is true. It depends on the company but in person interactions matter to a lot of people.
HighTurning
I remember my colleagues talking about how back then “Smoking area knowledge” was a thing, where basically only the smokers would get to know specifics about the company or job because people would go there and overshare lol
I feel it’s probably the same, if your team has a bunch of people getting together at the office and you are not there you are probably missing out.
snarky_answer
Same thing happens for lower enlisted in the military. The “smoke pit” is where lower enlisted and upper enlisted/officers mingle on somewhat more equal footing and knowledge gets spread by oversharing or given on the down low. That info the propagates out via the “lance corporal” underground before any official word is usually given.
sethra007
IIRC, this was one of the reasons behind changes in laws that allowed women access to certain types of men’s-only clubs. So many men conducted business on golf courses and during lunches or drinks at those clubs that it was shutting women out of opportunities.