Trust, inclusion, transparency, consistency. Remote work policies are a great idea for companies with remote employees. Not only do they help set expectations, but they keep teammates in sync with one another. While remote teams may intuitively already know what should go in these policies, employers who have not yet had a remote employee …
A great game can build collaboration and trust between people who may otherwise have little in common. Here are 5 to play with your remote team.
Setting aside some time from your usual work week to chat about non-work related things with your team is a great way to build camaraderie and friendships. But, what do you talk about? Rather than worrying about what you’ll say to fill in the awkward silences between topics, we’ve come up with a list …
Intranets are usually employee only. Extranets are accessible to employees and trusted outsiders. Anyone with an Internet connection can access the Internet.
How to thoughtfully plan “highly encouraged” social activities.
Remote work is more popular than ever, and its popularity only continues to grow. In fact, a recent Gallup survey showed that 43 percent of employed Americans reported that they worked from home at least part of the time. Traditional businesses are becoming way more flexible in allowing their employees to work from home, while more companies …
If you’re looking for remote work, you really need to try to work for a company is fully remote. These are the companies who cultures have grown up around remote work and have integrated it into the way things are done. Remote work didn’t just happen by circumstance to their company. They built their company …
Manager of a remote team? Great! We can assume you already know how important good communication is to you and your team’s success. So how can you improve your communication? Well for starters, you could write your own manager README. If you’re not familiar with the concept of a README file, it’s basically a …
So you want to work remotely… What skills do you need to be great at that first remote job? What languages do you need to learn? What certifications may be helpful? We hate to break this to you but those are the wrong questions to ask when trying to figure out if you’ll be …
Work at a remote-friendly company or know of one that’s not on this list? Email me at [email protected] with the company’s name and career page URL to be added. Entries with a double asterisk (“**”) denote a company who is remote-first – meaning they’ve burned the bridge to have an HQ. It’s remote or …
