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   by alohaandmahalo 4y ago

   GitLab team member here for over 3 years. Can confirm, it works exactly as advertised. The detailed description above is totally in line with my experience. The two essential elements of why this works. 1. Communication (both formal — work
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   by alohaandmahalo 5y ago

   Thanks for the kind words! Darren from GitLab here. It's a gift to see the world embracing these shifts and building more flexible workplaces. Onward!
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   by alohaandmahalo 5y ago

   Darren here from GitLab — warms my heart to hear that our remote guides are being used and making lives/companies better. Thank you!
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   by alohaandmahalo 5y ago

   Love this approach to using GitLab to incorporate intentional documentation in sync meetings. I work at GitLab, and we use the platform to collaborate, but I've not used it as described here. We'll have to give it a try!
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   by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

   Lots of great advice already given. If you want a 1:1 advisor, I recommend Jordan Carroll: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanscarroll/
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   by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

   Thanks for the share! Happy to discuss takeaways here if folks are interested. (I work at GitLab and helped architect this report.)
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   by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

   Awesome, thanks for sharing!
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   by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

   "but to actually perform thinking writing" <- This is well articulated, thanks for framing this in a way that is widely understandable. We have a guide that covers top attributes of great remote hires. This will be merged into
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   by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

   We use video at GitLab. Lots of it embedded in our remote management course through Coursera, for example: https://www.coursera.org/learn/remote-team-management We also have GitLab Unfiltered, where you'll find so
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    GitLab team member here. Written communication is vital in a remote company, and makes all types of companies operate more transparently and efficiently. At GitLab, we don't just document to document. Instead, we recommend a "hand
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    That's essentially how we interpreted it as well. Tools are still important, and useful in the right context, but we're in a period now where tools are not hindering remote proliferation.
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    Great points. Some interesting survey results from Gartner here that may be interesting to you: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-04-0...
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    Awesome to hear this. The "same playing field" bit is significant.
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    Flexibility is key. Even at GitLab, you don't have to work from home. You can expense external office and/or coworking fees: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/spending-company-money/#co... This is a chal
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    You aren't alone. It's easy to conflate "remote" with what's happening right now, but it's not the same. Crisis-induced work-from-home while doubling as a homeschool teacher is not the same as properly organize
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    Here's GitLab's guide on async: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchro... It's a challenge for suddenly-remote companies which aren't used to working this way, especi
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    by alohaandmahalo 6y ago

    The 'Residence Country' is listed on Page 7. Fair point on reiterating in the 'Methodology' section on Page 3. Thanks!
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    Tough to fully answer this question without context, but a few thoughts which may be useful. I work at GitLab, the world's largest all-remote organization, and have 14 years of experience in remote settings. I penned the guides you&#x2
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    I've built a library of guides, all public in the GitLab handbook. http://allremote.info/ The one below seems most germane for your particular question. How to adjust to remote for workers: https://about.git
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    Happy to answer questions about remote as well! Loads of guides in the links Sid mentioned. Plenty to watch in our Remote Work playlist at GitLab Unfiltered: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL05JrBw4t0Kq7QUX-Ux5f... W
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    Thanks for including GitLab in the report, Hrishikesh! For those looking to learn more on remote, or leaders/founders considering it, here are a few resources that were used in this survey. GitLab's Guide to All-Remote: https:&#x
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    Thanks for reading the GitLab handbook! We're building out the all-remote sections, including a new section on onboarding within learning & development: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote&
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    Thanks very much! We're building out the all-remote section with new pages on a regular basis. Just added dedicated sections for people, jobs, meetings, compensation, hiring, etc.
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    by alohaandmahalo 7y ago

    I recently joined GitLab to lead its all-remote initiatives. I've lived and worked remotely in a variety of settings (all-remote, remote-first, part-remote, etc.) and I'm building out pages within GitLab's publicly accessible