| This looks like a good way to break down some of the barriers to remote work. There are several good strategies, and several problems with good solutions. Hopefully this will give more managers and business leaders the confidence to consider remote work as a viable labor solution. I like how this is organized both by-question and by-company, so you can get one question answered from different groups, or you can see each group's perspective by going down their responses on their page. I feel as though the concept of remote work has moved on past the bleeding edge and early adopters, and now we're about to see many late adopters (especially the more nimble BigCos and governmental departments) start to consider remote work seriously. Within 10-20 years, we might see the "office culture" become as rare as remote work is today. Edit: And the site looks to be rather burdened. I'm now getting a database error instead of a helpful FAQ. ---
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--- jbob2000 had an interesting comment that is dead for some reason: Most of these companies started remote. I'm really curious about how to transition from non-remote to remote. What does a company do with all the hardware and furniture? What about the administrative staff who would serve no purpose in an office-less company? How did employees deal with going from buying a lunch everyday to making one or getting one delivered? etc. etc. Some groups might let workers transport office equipment home, to be used when working remotely - if Asim is going to be working from home, let him take his work chair and work monitors to his home, so he can use them for work from home. For some companies, they might consider moving into a smaller office at some point. Something to consider for an office culture is that a usually-empty office can be demoralizing when people are used to being infected with their coworkers' enthusiasm. And it's easier to fill up a small office with a few people, than to make a large office space feel full with only a few people. Another large part of an office culture is the lunch routine. This is not just a common biological need, but it's also a social time for coworkers to both discuss non-work activities and workplace issues, while networking. Do remote workers miss out on this? Is this a cause of the rise in popularity of coworking spaces? |