Most of us are going to be remote workers for the foreseeable future.
And the current state of the world isn't making that transition any easier. Zoom call overload, home-schooling, childcare, lack of exercise, balancing work schedules, isolation from teammates, new communication tools, corporate surveillance, and generally elevated anxiety levels make it hard to stay motivated.
I've been building remote software development teams for the last ten years, and I've personally experienced almost all of these challenges in recent months.
At Rejoiner, we've always believed that our folks should be able to live wherever they want to, work flexible hours, be empowered to master their respective crafts and get stuff done with little oversight.
We are fortunate that our early adoption of remote work has provided some built-in resiliency during a time like this.
Less than 2% of the U.S. workforce worked from home full-time before the virus, and a lot of our clients and partners are trying to figure this stuff out on the fly.
Last Fall, I gave a talk about some of the lessons we've learned while building a fully remote team. I've linked to it below, and I hope it's helpful.
Here's the talk I gave at the Springboard Symposium in Austin. It's a short presentation that explores some of the lessons we've learned while building strong company culture with an entirely remote team.
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