Is Communication Important to You in the Workplace?

Started by Tercool, June 22, 2025, 07:30:11 AM

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Tercool

Hey everyone, I've been thinking about something that's been on my mind a lot lately — how important is communication for you at work?

I've recently started a new role in a team that's mostly remote, and while everyone seems nice and professional, I've noticed that a lot of things fall through the cracks just because people aren't talking to each other enough. I don't mean conflicts or misunderstandings, just small delays, unclear expectations, or duplicated tasks. Like, we'll be halfway through something and someone suddenly drops a message saying they were also working on it. Or someone asks for a file that was already shared, but just got buried in the chat.

It got me thinking — how much do you rely on clear communication at work? Does it affect your productivity or how you feel about your role? Curious how others manage this, especially in teams that don't sit together in the same room.

SamyilLoset

Oh, absolutely — communication makes or breaks how my day goes. I'm not even exaggerating. I work with a team that's spread across time zones, and if we don't keep each other in the loop, things get real messy, real fast. I remember one week where three of us unknowingly prepared three different versions of the same client report because we didn't confirm who was doing what. It wasn't even about someone being lazy or careless — just too many assumptions and not enough check-ins.

It's not just about work getting done either. There's something about knowing what's going on that gives a sense of calm. Like, if I know who's on what, I'm not constantly second-guessing or overthinking stuff. Even a quick message like "I'll take this one" helps so much. I try to make a habit of dropping mini-updates in our shared chat even if no one asks — just so nobody's left guessing. It's a small thing, but it avoids so many annoying hiccups later.

Maslow

I think everyone may know that importance of communication during work is crucial for everyone, like you might know that many of us work remotely so using webinar platform for webinars is definitely must have because we have a lot of things to discuss. It is also important that webinar software has interactivity and flexibility and the most important global reach so no matter where you, you will be at work