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8 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Remote work is about access to opportunity

I’m from a small city in Scotland. Never stepped foot in SF. Likely never have to

No longer an obstacle to success 🔥
I still live in that city in Scotland

At no other time in history would I be able to do what I’m doing from this location

Remote work will do this for millions of other people globally as well ❤️
I can stay closer to family and friends

My daughters can grow up near their grandparents

Remote work is the most important quality of life improvement in at least a generation
Even better than that through FirstbaseHQ.com I get to help other companies deliver those same benefits to their teams

Nothing is more motivating than helping some of the best companies in the world empower their teams to love the life they choose, wherever they want

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9 Jun
Back to the office, hybrid or fully remote?

I spoke to 1,000+ companies over the last 6 months to find out more about their plans

This is what I learned

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
🏢 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
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8 Jun
the benefits of in-person meetings aren't going to be as big as some people remember and the time they waste getting there will lead to massive resentment
this will lead to people questioning WTF they are doing traveling 2H to and back from a meeting that is 30 minutes long

flying overnight for a 30-minute meeting? finished

some people think there will be a pullback to the norm

but that assumes both parties want this

they won't
"well that's the price we pay for collaboration"

you mean that thing that has continued remotely during a global pandemic, which everyone was forced into overnight with no processes in place to make it work?
Read 15 tweets
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6 Jun
If it’s ‘entitlement’ for 95%+ of people who never want to work in an office again full-time to want remote work going forward

How would you describe the less than 5% of people who want the return to the office trying to force it on everyone?
Workers everywhere have fought to keep companies alive during a global pandemic in the most difficult circumstances imaginable

During it, they discovered a higher quality of life they prefer

The know their job can be done remotely – they did it!

Good luck walking that back
Remote work doesn’t mean work from home

It means work from wherever you do your best work

If that’s an office – great! Enjoy the office

Nobody will force you to work from home but they want to force people into the office in the name of ‘collaboration’
Read 6 tweets
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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
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1 Jun
7 reasons why Remote Work will lead to a higher quality of life for millions of people

[ a thread ]💻🏠🌍
❤️ 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
Read 8 tweets
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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'

[ a thread ] 💻🏠🌍
🏢 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

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