Re:Lessons from seven years of remote work
by eikenberry on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:51PM
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Sounds like everyone just kept on going like they were in person. Remote work takes a different cadence and communication patterns. I work at a 100% remote company and we have none of those problems (AFAIK).
- We use email extensively, both person-to-person and with various internal mailing lists we can subscribe to.
- Slack is very asynchronous and it is common for people to silence it when busy.
- All meetings are recorded and optional if you aren't an active participant.
- We write everything down with historical archives, for example all projects are proceeded by a written RFC describing the problem, solution and alternatives.
- We use email extensively, both person-to-person and with various internal mailing lists we can subscribe to.
- Slack is very asynchronous and it is common for people to silence it when busy.
- All meetings are recorded and optional if you aren't an active participant.
- We write everything down with historical archives, for example all projects are proceeded by a written RFC describing the problem, solution and alternatives.
There are places that do remote work well.