remote working

also referred to as: remote

9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 1, 2023 by Alanna Brown · said 199 times in 47 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Everything said about remote working, oldest first

Jun 1, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Remote employs over 1,000 people across 70 countries
“Today we have over a thousand people in 70 countries around the world.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 0:59 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023 negative
What-if
Brown: Remote could not maintain velocity if relying on meetings
“And if we had to have meetings to get something done or to make a decision, we would never be able to move at the pace that we need to move at.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 8:50 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown: Remote's founders created company values before building a product
“And at Ramo, our founders developed our values before they ever even had a product.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 3:50 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Remote receives 10,000 job applications every month
“And as a proof point, we get 10,000 applications every month.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 6:29 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023 positive
Insight
Brown: Remote etiquette means searching documentation before asking colleagues
“Our motto is always search first, ask questions later. So being kind also means trying to find the information yourself and not making someone else do the work for you.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 11:23 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023 positive
Insight
Brown: Public Slack channels force thoughtful team communication
“We always default to collaborating async and public channels and Slack, and the fact that it is public actually forces people to be really thoughtful about how they communicate with each other.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 9:24 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023
Disclosure
Remote explicitly discourages internal emails and private Slack channels
“We discourage emails and private Slack channels, and we encourage everyone to share their work publicly early and often.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 5:27 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023
Disclosure
Remote's CEO actively calls out teams and orders them to cancel meetings
“Our goal is to actually avoid meetings as much as possible, and our CEO will even call us out if he thinks we're having too many meetings, and he asks us all the time to kill meetings.”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 10:06 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
Jun 1, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Remote refuses to track employee screen time, evaluating only outcomes
“Well, we look only at outcomes, so we don't track the time spent on the screen. We only look at the outcomes that the individuals are producing, and so, you know, we have performance periods, for example, and we encourage all of our managers to have regular on…”
Alanna Brown Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 17:08 How a $3 billion company leads fully remote teams
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