Ask HN: How do remote first businesses maintain cultural cohesion?

Re:Ask HN: How do remote first businesses maintain cultural ... by troyvit on Sunday October 09, 2022 @02:02PM (#33143683)

I managed a person who believed that. It was a nightmare. Oh they work all the time, more than they should, because they believe in what the company's doing. But man I completely failed making any sort of connection that allowed us to understand each other (and therefore work well together).

Maybe it depends on the company though. This is a 100 person boot-strapped open source company that has a strong mission. Maybe if you're working for a 10,000 person public entity where everybody's just another cog the whole "culture" thing is just a veiled attempt to make the company your life.

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Re:Ask HN: How do remote first businesses maintain cultural ... by no-privacy on Sunday October 09, 2022 @02:16PM (#33143806)

Some people do not want to have a social or personal connection with their colleagues. But they still want a deep connection, and they look for that through the work itself. By doing it together, by talking about it, and by talking about the process behind the work, and the big ideas they have about all that.

But if they get matched with a colleague who wants to build a connection by getting to know the person beyond that, then that doesn't work well.

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Re:Ask HN: How do remote first businesses maintain cultural ... by cProdigy on Sunday October 09, 2022 @04:10PM (#33144775)

true

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