Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs

Re:Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-tim... by em-bee on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:08AM (#20977263)

communication is a huge issue.

i was working in one team where everything was fine while i was in the office. as soon as i moved away i was cut off from all decisions because the rest of the team was so used to do things through local in-office chats instead of online.

in another company all our communication was online, and it didn't matter if someone was in the office or not.

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Re:Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-tim... by BorisBorisov91 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:51PM (#20978131)

I would say that the success in remote work is 60% the company/manager, and 40% the developer.

You need okay level on both sides. Otherwise, the collaboration breaks down within 2-3 months.

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Re:Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-tim... by em-bee on Monday September 16, 2019 @02:49AM (#20981644)

right, and since the company is the one in control, having a bad manager usually means the remote employee is the one suffering the consequences. from getting fired all the way to having to fight to get paid at all...

so how do you vet companies against this?

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Re:Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-tim... by BorisBorisov91 on Monday September 16, 2019 @05:19AM (#20982309)

We have a call with the companies before approving their account. If they look unreliable, we won't approve their account.

We also follow up with the companies and the people they have hired to check if everything is going well.

So far, we haven't had problems. We will introduce company profiles soon, with remote info about the companies (e.g. how many remote vs. non-remote people work). We will probably also introduce some free built-in insurance for both parties as we scale.

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