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interesting fact - out of the top 100 companies, (only?) 4 are remote.
by shubidubi 7y ago
interesting fact - out of the top 100 companies, (only?) 4 are remote.
- elmar 7y agoI know Gitlab, Zapier are remote could you please disclose what are the other two?
- adpirz 7y agoThose 4 may be remote only, but there are many others on there that have remote positions.
- woadwarrior01 7y agoI can confirm that Reddit has remote positions. I work remotely from Ireland, whilst most of my team is in SF.
- marviel 7y agonot untrue! Though I would point out that because remote is a "new" style of work, it's probably too early in remote work's history to use this as evidence of remote work's unsuitability in general. This being because there are likely a number of "tricks" to making remote employment work properly that today's remote companies haven't yet mastered, while in contrast physical companies have a significant and long cultural history to pull the best ideas from. TL;DR: yes, but I think remote work is also at Semver 0.X.Y right now so we should give it some time to grow
- dmode 7y agoThe dominance of San Francisco is mind blowing and flies in the face of the narrative of "decentralizing tech" that I have been hearing over the last decade
- sushid 7y agoWhy is HN so obsessed with remote jobs and remote companies in general?
- xyzzy_plugh 7y agoBecause they're accessible, and remove the burdens/predatory behavior typically associated with relocating to high cost-of-living areas. More importantly, it speaks wonders about the culture. If a company can be successful without everyone sitting in a single office, it really speaks to their collaboration and communication abilities, which is harder to gauge out of the gate with a traditional co.