Being a remote company is about more than just location. It’s a lifestyle and culture choice.
You need to implement supportive policies that help your team thrive in the environment you choose.
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The most obvious and well-known benefits are flexibility, freedom, and time.
All of this helps the business because employees are happier and more motivated because they have plenty of time in the week to invest in themselves.
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Keeping the team connected and engaged. Remote companies do have to work harder at things like communication and creating interactions between folks on the team. Employees also have to make more of an effort to reach out to their colleagues, which for some folks is harder to do through a screen. It takes a lot of effort from both parties, and it’s not easy (but totally worth it).
Serendipity. In remote work, pretty much all brainstorms are scheduled. But when you’re working at an office, you’re having impromptu conversations at lunch, happy hour, at the “watercooler.” It’s hard to replicate those unplanned interactions at remote companies.
I believe the best remote companies continue to experiment with new ways to connect different parts of the team in different ways.
You can achieve connection, engagement, serendipity, but it requires leaders to think creatively and be willing to experiment.
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We are fully remote.
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We have the same documentation and meetings with folks on the team as you would if we were co-located. Those meetings are just held via Zoom.
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HR at remote companies has the additional role of connecting the team in meaningful ways to prevent folks from feeling isolated, demotivated. I think this is true for leadership too.
We need to constantly be sharing our vision, purpose, to remind folks that the work they are doing matters.
I think it’s easier to feel that organically when you’re co-located in an office. On remote teams, things like regular team memos, monthly All Hands, and written updates from leads go a long way towards making the team feel more connected and therefore, motivated.
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It’s all about process and goal-setting. If you are clear about expectations and deadlines, then everyone knows what they need to do to succeed. If you have a process that includes sharing what you’re working on, reporting on your work, etc. then you know how your team is performing and what they are up to. The rest of that trust is up to you as a leader to have faith in your team.
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I would love to make retreats more affordable. We’ve wanted to do one for years, but they can be so costly to do them well. Also, coworking spaces: I’d love to see more impromptu coworking at unique spaces. There are many restaurants and bars in LA that open up their space in the daytime to remote workers, which I think is really cool.
Would love to see a whole network of them in every city where you can go for the day to work and possibly meet other people by way of meetups coordinated at those spaces in the evening.
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