7 reasons why Remote Work will lead to a higher quality of life for millions of people

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❤️ Closer Relationships: The office leads to shallow superficial relationships that lack depth & breadth with inane interactions to pad out 8H days

More time with the people you care about most allows you to forge deeper bonds and have the human connection 'social animals' need
⚖️ Diversity Equality Inclusion: Whether you're a single parent, caring for another person, or have a health condition or impairment that makes the office impossible, access to opportunity should be universal

Few things are as important as remote work to help ensure that it is
🌍 Live Anywhere: The highest paying jobs for the most exciting companies have historically been in the biggest cities

90%+ of people never want to work in a city globally. Not being handcuffed to an office and having no daily commute enables workers to live wherever they choose
💰 Disposable Income: Workers waste a lot of money getting to work, buying the 'uniform' they need, and on food or other things associated

Full-time remote workers save $5K-$8K per year by not having to live in an expensive city, own two cars, or pay for things they don't need
📆 Schedule Flexibility: 9-5 working is designed for the collective. Remote work is personalized to the individual

Working when you're most productive, drop and collect kids from school, recharge with an afternoon run produces better outcomes for individuals and their employers
✈️ Travel More: A requirement to be in an office every day prevents you from being able to spend time in other locations

Remote work will empower an entire generation to travel while continuing to work
🧘‍♀️ Health and Wellbeing: A 2H daily commute and 8H sat in an office chair prevents you from having the time to focus on your health and wellbeing

Remote work lets workers take control and prioritize the things that are most important. That means time for hobbies and self-care

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3 Jun
Several tech giants will be disrupted by remote work

What happened to companies that didn't adopt computers? Implement Software? Embrace the internet

Same thing happens to companies that don't embrace remote work

theverge.com/2021/6/2/22465…
.@pmarca wrote "why software is eating the world" a decade ago

Companies are about to be eaten by remote work

9 in 10 people never want to work in an office again full-time. Full-time office companies face the biggest exodus of talent in history

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
This is a replay of eCommerce vs. physical stores

Physical retail is no longer economically viable because eCommerce is more convenient, cheaper, and it offers far more flexibility, control, and choice.

Virtual-first companies crush office-first companies
Read 12 tweets
21 May
The last 15 months have been the biggest workplace experiment in history

A few predictions on what will happen as things start to go 'back to normal'

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🏢 HQ’s are finished: companies will cut their commercial office space by 50-70%

The will allow every worker to work from home 2-4 days a week, and come into the office 1-2 days a week
🌍 Fully distributed: ~30% of the companies we talk to are getting rid of the office entirely and going remote-first

Companies doing this have seen their workers decentralize rapidly, leaving expensive cities to be closer to family
Read 23 tweets
8 May
A few remote working tips from twenty experts with 100+ years experience working remotely

👇🧵
🪑get a great chair and desk

An ergonomic chair and an electric sit + stand desk are essential

Nobody wants back pain and it’s impossible to do great work for a long time without them
🗣understand async working

Asynchronous work is the super power of remote work. It empowers everyone to do deep focussed work without distractions

This allows you to maximize the benefits of remote, have more control over living, and do the best work you have ever produced
Read 22 tweets
7 May
Heard this from 100+ people:

1️⃣Company surveys team on how much remote work they want

2️⃣60%+ want remote 4+ days a week, 95% want 3+ days

3️⃣Company says they will allow remote 1-2 days a week

4️⃣Company SHOCKED by anger

Media won’t report this!

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🚀Emotional rollercoaster: Companies response usually looks this:

😧why is this happening?
😔we’ve had offices for decades
🤯why do they not like them now?
🤬THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT!

They think they know better!
🎡Hyper Turnover: We’re about to live through the highest period of turnover in history between companies

People will optimize for the work situation that gives them the highest quality of life

Companies hiring remotely will dominate the next decade as a result
Read 21 tweets
4 May
Bill Gates believes 100M+ workers will work remotely after Covid

A few things companies must get right to succeed

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😴 Prevent Burnout: The pandemic has shown remote work works. The lack of boundaries has caused burnout

Many companies are implementing wellness days where their teams get an unplanned day off once every 1-2 months
🎳 Collaboration: Not being able to get around a whiteboard is something companies worry about

Many are using tools virtual tools to overcome this and find they can do almost everything they did in the office

Many things are actually improved
Read 22 tweets
30 Apr
I've spoken to 1,500+ people about remote work in the last 6 months

In that time we've raised $15M to build Firstbase

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge before 2025

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🚜 Rural Living: World-class people will move to smaller cities, have a lower cost of living & higher quality of life

These regions must innovate quickly to attract that wealth. Better schools, faster internet connections are a must
⏰ Asynchronous Work: Offices are instantaneous gratification distraction factories where synchronous work makes it impossible to get stuff done

Tools that enable asynchronous work are the most important thing globally remote teams need. A lot of startups will try to tackle this
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