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Odd not to see DigitalOcean on this list, given at least when I left (before covid), remote was ~55% of the company and very much a first-class citizen. They ce

Odd not to see DigitalOcean on this list, given at least when I left (before covid), remote was ~55% of the company and very much a first-class citizen. They certainly are actively hiring at much higher rates than most of the companies on this list.

LeonenTheDK 5y ago
Can you elaborate a bit on how they facilitated remote workers being first class citizens? I'll be in a similar position soon but would like to see some things I and the company could do to not alienate me and the other remote members.
- Sebguer 5y ago
  1) An office that was well-constructed to support remotes connecting in. It can be surprisingly challenging to ensure a positive experience for partially remote meetings, and this wasn't consistently perfect, but the effort was put in. 2) Having people team members who were fully focused on 'remote experience', and ensuring that perks for in-office folks had comparable events and such for remotes. 3) ~Almost all roles being eligible for remote. There were a few organizational exceptions outside of eng, but for the most part any team could hire remotely with fairly little friction. Really, it was a learning experience over time, and it requires intentional effort to be a 50/50 company, but despite some other flaws, DigitalOcean was ~generally good at this while I was there.
- AYBABTME 5y ago
  Back when I was there, DO was the best of both world. I'd work remotely 95% of the time, with most of my teammates remote. Then I could visit the NYC office multiple times a year and hangout in the random desks of the offices, or just hangout with the "onsite" people (who were also very much almost remote and showing up in the office for fun, it seems). Never had a problem with feeling out of touch due to being remote: everything that gets done is online, from my experience. It was maybe 55% remote but the _experience_ was more like if the company was fully remote.

LeonenTheDK 5y ago

Can you elaborate a bit on how they facilitated remote workers being first class citizens? I'll be in a similar position soon but would like to see some things I and the company could do to not alienate me and the other remote members.

Sebguer 5y ago
1) An office that was well-constructed to support remotes connecting in. It can be surprisingly challenging to ensure a positive experience for partially remote meetings, and this wasn't consistently perfect, but the effort was put in. 2) Having people team members who were fully focused on 'remote experience', and ensuring that perks for in-office folks had comparable events and such for remotes. 3) ~Almost all roles being eligible for remote. There were a few organizational exceptions outside of eng, but for the most part any team could hire remotely with fairly little friction. Really, it was a learning experience over time, and it requires intentional effort to be a 50/50 company, but despite some other flaws, DigitalOcean was ~generally good at this while I was there.
AYBABTME 5y ago
Back when I was there, DO was the best of both world. I'd work remotely 95% of the time, with most of my teammates remote. Then I could visit the NYC office multiple times a year and hangout in the random desks of the offices, or just hangout with the "onsite" people (who were also very much almost remote and showing up in the office for fun, it seems). Never had a problem with feeling out of touch due to being remote: everything that gets done is online, from my experience. It was maybe 55% remote but the _experience_ was more like if the company was fully remote.