Zerodha's Nithin Kamath on why WFH can't work for everyone: ‘Big gaps in…’

Sharing the impact of work from home (WFH) on employee collaboration with teammates in low-cost brokerage Zerodha, co-founder Nithin Kamath said the working style was not the best example of ‘one size fits all’. In his recent social media post, Nithin Kamath said even though WFH worked well for support roles, it was detrimental for “tech, business, and decision-making teams” because of “big gaps in remote communication”.

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“All of us at @zerodhaonline went fully remote during the pandemic lockdown in 2020. While it's been great for some, it hasn't been for others. In this post, K explains why it didn't work for everybody at Zerodha,” wrote Nithin Kamath on X.

While elucidating the pros of WFH, Nithin Kamath wrote, “Work from home works well for support roles given the structured nature of the work.” At the same time, he drew attention towards the detrimental impact of WFH on communication for tech, business, and decision-making teams.

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“So about ~10% (100+ people) of the core team started coming to the office 3 days a week starting a few months ago. The change has been dramatically positive to say the least,” he added, while mentioning a blog written by Zerodha's CTO Kailash Nadh.

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After mentioning Kailash Nadh in his post as “K”, Kamath also shared the link to the blog written by Nadh. The blog, titled ‘The remoteness of remote work’, talks about transition to remote work and challenges faced by employees during work from home, which includes working overtime, isolation and communication breakdowns.

In his blog, Nadh also threw light upon the positive impact of hybrid module and its advantage for employees which leads to better communication, collaboration and spontaneity.