The challenges of working from home

25 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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This content was created by Feras Alhlou. This content was uploaded by Feras Alhlou. This is a YouTube video titled "The challenges of working from home" (uploaded 2024-09-25). The excerpt contains a speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) addressing someone named Feras and discussing whether new graduates should work from home or seek in-office roles. The speaker says they support remote work generally but cautions that younger employees often need more hands-on support early in their careers and can miss informal learning opportunities (e.g., water‑cooler conversations and chats around meetings) when fully remote.

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Hey, Feras, should a new graduate work from home or look for something in office? If you are working in a company where they give you the freedom to work from home and not work in the office, a lot of times for the younger folks, they need a lot more support early on in their career so that you'll miss out on those water cooler discussions. You'll miss out on those chats before and after meetings. So my concern here, I'm all for remote work. I've built companies where we have set up people overseas and here across the States, and it worked really well. But my concern is that for the younger folks who haven't had the years working with people, closely with people, they might miss out on learning and acquiring that interpersonal experience that takes place informally in offices. So that's one thing to keep in mind.