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All the problems that you mentioned are actually easy to fix. Team bonding doesn’t exist anymore, it’s very old school. I spent many years working in tech for

All the problems that you mentioned are actually easy to fix. Team bonding doesn’t exist anymore, it’s very old school. I spent many years working in tech for various companies, I see more angry colleagues than ever before. Majority of them, not all of them of course. Team bonding is usually an awkward social event with people you don’t really appreciate. Management usually set that up (not always). It’s great because it helps people getting away from their desks for a little while but a remote employee would rather spend that time away from a screen with family and friends. Working remotely or from home doesn’t necessarily mean that employees are located throughout the world. A company can still be located in only one city and its employees can work remotely within the same state (in the US for example). No commute time, flexible hours and less frictions. I agree though, some people really need a structured enviroment to function “properly”. But again, it’s a cultural thing someone came with one day and everyone followed. Cultures evolve with time.

davismwfl 8y ago
I agree the issues can be addressed, I disagree with your assertion they are easy to fix, not to mention the cost to address some of them is not free. And yea, I totally agree there are some people that just won't due well in a remote environment while many people can thrive given the right circumstances. It is interesting to me why more startups aren't remote friendly early on today as if you build that culture early it actually has a key benefit of forcing good process and communication skills on the entire company, versus relying on the office chatter which is common in startups. This is my primary reason for preferring remote from the start of any company I am apart of, it just forces good habits and lets you find awesome people anywhere.
- bsvalley 8y ago
  I agree. I can only think of Automattic (wordpress), Github and InVision in terms of mid-size fully remote companies. They are more early stage startups that do that... It really sucks because the companies I mentioned are pretty successful and they have a very solid and strong culture.

davismwfl 8y ago

I agree the issues can be addressed, I disagree with your assertion they are easy to fix, not to mention the cost to address some of them is not free. And yea, I totally agree there are some people that just won't due well in a remote environment while many people can thrive given the right circumstances. It is interesting to me why more startups aren't remote friendly early on today as if you build that culture early it actually has a key benefit of forcing good process and communication skills on the entire company, versus relying on the office chatter which is common in startups. This is my primary reason for preferring remote from the start of any company I am apart of, it just forces good habits and lets you find awesome people anywhere.

bsvalley 8y ago
I agree. I can only think of Automattic (wordpress), Github and InVision in terms of mid-size fully remote companies. They are more early stage startups that do that... It really sucks because the companies I mentioned are pretty successful and they have a very solid and strong culture.