Remote Work Resources (146)
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Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian
By AtlassianAtlassian compiled a 40-page report on the lessons they've learned in building their company into Team Anywhere over the past 3 and 1/2 years. On the one hand, this is obviously a part of their recruitment strategy as it showcases the positives of working from anywhere at Atlassian but it's also honest about the findings that require constraints and rules as necessary. This resource is not paywalled and doesn't require any email to read it. It's free for you to download and share. It's definitely worth a read.
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On Working Remotely
By Jeff AtwoodJeff Atwood offers his reflection on working remotely. This article is from 2010. It would be interesting to know what his view is now.
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The Future of Work is Already Here
By Sean KimSean Kim writes on the Sketchfab blog about the benefits of working remotely and 5 core business strategies for making it work.
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How to Optimize Slack for Remote Teams
A brief article that offers a few very good recommendations for making Slack work better for your remote team. It probably is a better article for teams with more than 20 employees due to some of the suggestions for getting to know your colleagues. I like the suggestion of making sure to complete your Slack Profile.
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Workers Without Borders: Managing the Remote Revolution
A brief article from Entrepreneur.com on how to effectively manage remote workers including onboarding and bringing them into the company culture.
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My Ideal Day as a Remote Programmer: Taking Charge of Your Daily Routine
By Colin RossColin Ross of Buffer shares his tips for productive programming on a remote team.
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How to Make the Case to Your Boss for Remote Working
For employees, a good article on how to approach your employer to shift to working remotely.
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Will Half Of People Be Working Remotely By 2020?
Laura Vanderkam assesses whether a the assertion by 34% of the business leaders at the Global Leadership Summit in London (in 2014) said more than half of their company’s full-time workforce would be working remotely by 2020.
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The Collaboration Superpowers Podcast
The Collaboration Superpowers podcast is dedicated to building, managing and working with remote teams, virtual teams and telecommuting. This collection of interviews and stories from the trenches should provide perspective into creating successful remote teams and companies.
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Remote Work: Blessing or Curse?
By Pilar OrtiThis is episode 25 of the 21st Century Work Life podcast in which host, Pilar Orti, and guest Lisette Sutherland, discuss remote work, some of the challenges for working away from the office, companies trying to transition to remote work and telecommuting. It's an interesting discussion and well worth a listen.
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The 25 Best Sites For Finding Remote Work
A fairly good list of 25 websites sites where you can find remote work, broken down by categories such as: remote work specific, tech, freelance/contract and more.
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Torre Remote Jobs
By Torre LabsTorre Remote is a job listing site from a small technology company whose mission includes the following statement: "At Torre, we dream of the day when all seven billion humans, no matter their gender, nationality, location, or socioeconomic background, will be able to fairly participate in the global market and make their work fulfilling."
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Work With Us at Automattic
By AutomatticJobs at Automattic, the makers of WordPress, wordpress.com Gravatar and more.
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End of the Office: The Quiet, Grinding Loneliness of Working From Home
This piece by Simon Usborne is a really great look into working from home in light of the pandemic for some who may have felt the office was more than just a place where work was done. In addition, the article reflects on how organizations are trying to improve the experience of working from home.
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No Fluff Jobs
According to their website, "No Fluff Jobs is about simplicity and transparency. It only features IT jobs in a standardized and detailed way. You know your technology stack, salary range, team size and possible perks even before scrolling down the page." That sounds pretty good. The link below is filtered for remote. You can filter your job search further for better job options.
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24 Ideas That Will Change The Way Your Remote Team Works
By Paul JunA collection of 24 hand selected articles on remote work, remote teams, tools and strategies put together by the team at HelpScout.
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Better Remote Work
A recent book by Finnish developer, Jarkko Oksanen, on making sure businesses who have distributed teams or remote employees get it right. I've not read it but it looks like a potentially good resource for companies considering going remote or looking for strategies for doing it well.
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The Human Behind the Screen
By Shauna MoranThe Human Behind the Screen is a podcast by a professional business coach, Shauna Moran. She describes it in part as, "…discussing the importance of human connection, emotional intelligence and relationships, in an ever-changing virtual world." This is the part that I really love. Shauna really listens with a fine-tuned ear. She combines her coaching experience with the guest stories to bring out the insights and discover new ones. I also love her focus on relationships. It's probably the best remote work podcast out there right now.
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Using firefighting to prove that remote work works
By Amando AbreuA brief but well written piece on how if fire fighting can and is done remotely, that nearly all knowledge and creative work can be done as well. It also covers some of the excuses and real reasons many companies have for not doing remote.
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The Remote Show
The Remote Show is probably my favourite remote work podcast. The strange thing is that somehow I left it out of the resources on this site. Maybe I was subconciously trying to keep it a secret. It's a solid, thoughtful interview show with guests from a wide variety of businesses discussing the good and bad of remote work, how to do it well, lessons learned, and pitfalls one should avoid. Currently hosted by Tyler Sellhorn, his energy and enthusiasm for #LearningOutLoud is infectious and the experience he brings as a remote worker helps guide the conversations and more importantly ask insightful questions while allowing guests to tell their stories.
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Wrike
By Wrike, Inc.Wrike seems to be a really simple well-designed project management tool that appears to have focused heavily on User Experience (UX). The interface is lightweight, and elegant and onboarding and feature exposure helpers are available but unobtrusive. From the creators: "Wrike is a digital work management tool that lets users track and coordinate projects, combining a simple user experience and interface with enough depth for power users." Honestly, I'd say give it a shot. It appears to apply KISS and although it leans on Microsoft's 365 suite for most of it's business document integrations, it seems really well done.
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Running Remote Podcast
Running Remote is a podcast about building and scaling effective, remote teams by the team behind the Running Remote conference.
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Witeboard
By WhiteboardWiteboard is a whiteboard tool that claims it is the fastest way to collaborate real-time with your team anywhere.
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Remote Work Advocates Warn Companies About COVID-19 Work-From-Home Strategies
A really good article on the timely surge in organizations embarking on a mass experiment with remote work and what problems to look out for and how to prevent them.