Working from home doesn’t have to mean working on the clock

While working from home has been normalized, there’s a broad interpretation of what it should look like among those I talk to in my role. 

Some companies expect a replication of office life via email and Zoom. Employees log on at the usual hour, are available all day long, show up for various meetings and log off at 5.

But other companies argue that working from home does not need to be a poor approximation. In fact, the “medium” is optimized when it’s used differently.

GitLab has been a shining example for a lot of companies over the last year. The tech company has been all-remote since it was founded in 2014, without a physical office. The 1,300 employees that work here are experts at the work-anywhere experience.

Because engineers are dispersed all over the globe, in various time zones, the way projects are managed takes a staggered work style into consideration. 

Management also relies deeply on asynchronous communication methods and modular, independent work on projects.

I continue to look forward to seeing even greater innovations in these areas.

Checkout the link to the HBR article on this topic in the comments below.

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As many people have adapted to remote work in the past year, remote work itself has gotten more adaptable. Here’s how it’s starting to look for 2021, according to @HarvardBiz: https://bit.ly/37QH5BY