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Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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Thank you for posting this article, OP.
I used to manage a team of people who were all remote except one and myself. It's not hard. You set expectations and they either meet them or they don't and you address those issues. I do think some of them struggled due to working from home creating a "barrier" to asking for help when you don't know your coworkers as well, but I did everything I could think of to reduce that so they'd feel comfortable reaching out via teams (creating group chats, designating "helpers", etc) or even coming into the office if they chose but there were very mixed results and in general things were worse than when we were primarily working from the office. I don't think the problem is working from home, it was communication skills and some people just lacking the discipline to not goof off when they are at home (I'm one of these, I need an office environment to focus). That is a case by case thing though that needs to be addressed with the individual.
Personally I wouldn't want to work in an office where (almost) everybody is remote. I believe that the best option is to do a hybrid.
Edit: I prefer working with others in person instead of doing it remotely over the phone or teams. Not sure if I am more productive at work or at home due to the distractions at home. But I am in the minority it seems, but then again my commute is about my rewind time so I am refreshed when I am at home. Traffic isn't an issue either and I can bike if I wish (and didn't sweat as much)
Not sure if I am more productive at work or at home due to the distractions at home
Everyone I know is more productive at home, office is all the time coffee breaks, deciding where to go for lunch, then going to lunch, then another coffee break, smoke break, etc
There are specific things that are more efficient in person, mostly meetings with multiple people.
It’s easier to interject and the conversation flows better in person.
With zoom and the like you get to to the “no you go ahead” loops when people talk over each other.
Everything else is just fine remote.
"Where to go for lunch, you go out lunching everyday? We just bring our own lunch.
But yes I am generally less productive at home because I am inclined to do other shit while at work and considering I have to write hours on customers I cannot get away with working 5 hours and writting 8 hours (that's also illegal, but okay)
Didn't some Dropbox executive demand their workers come back to the office after covid? Was it someone else at the company or maybe a different cloud company?
Funny he says that, because malls and movie theaters are thriving where I live.
SLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSS RTO