Justin Betakure: Coinbase, Shopify, and Brex use remote-first models with hubs
Justin Betakure · How Hybrid is Working in Practice: What the Data Shows | Raise Comm. Real Estate CEO + President · Mar 11, 2022 · at 3:47
Justin Betakure, CEO of commercial real estate brokerage Raise, outlines different workplace models implemented by major tech companies in 2022.
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“Remote first is what Coinbase and Shopify and Brex are doing, where they run the entire company remotely from asynchronization to all hands done remotely, but they have hubs where you can, almost like a cafe, where you can go in and visit colleagues or even do heads down work.”
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