What are the benefits of building a remote team?
Interview with Nico, marketer and advocate for remote worker mental health
Some of the more well-known benefits are great:
- Sourcing candidates from a wider (global) talent pool
- Lower costs
- The environmental benefits of waving goodbye to a daily commute
- Building a true sense of trust among your team, etc.
But I think the best benefit of remote work isn't the most obvious: worker retention. The numbers don't lie on remote work employee retention; people tend to stay longer because they're offered a real sense of freedom and trust.
"I've felt burnout HARD in the past. When it hits, it HITS, and it can be tough to recover." In this interview, Nico shares his strategies for balancing work and life and reveals the key to avoiding burnout.
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Interview with Hrishikesh, an entrepreneur helping to shape remote work
I strongly believe that you need the right processes and alignment in place when building a remote team. If you are indeed successful (we are still in the process), the benefits are huge.
You now get access to high-quality talent across geographic boundaries. Additionally, remote work is a boon for your employees, and they will surely appreciate this and have a great stickiness to your team or company.
Hrishikesh's platforms are helping to shape the world of remote work and the gig economy—see how he mobilizes his remote teams to facilitate this new future of work.
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