Pros and cons of a remote first company: Go!
Eric Amorin
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Oscar Wehbe@oscar_wehbe
Pros:
- Flexibility in when you work, more agency around your schedule
- Flexibility in where you work
Cons:
- Feeling of always being on-call
- Collaboration is harder
- Easier to get out of doing work
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I've built two businesses from 0 to 100 employees remote first.
You lose a bit of the in-person companionship and some meetings/collaborations are harder.
The benefits are the obvious flexibility, easy for deep work, no need to commute, etc.
But the most important thing is understanding it's a different format of a company and create a culture that supports it. We had happy hour every Friday after work (remotely) and a budget for drinks, used the right tools for async communication, guides to use slack well, and more.