Remote Right: How to Thrive in a Post-Office World
summary
GitLab runs 1,300 people across 65+ countries and claims an 8,000-page handbook as the single source of truth, uses 25- or 50-minute meetings to prevent meeting fatigue, and treats Slack as ephemeral with messages that disappear after 90 days so work lives in issues and docs instead. The talk explains five team models (no-remote to all-remote), warns hybrid often creates two cultures and fails, recommends informal 25-minute coffee chats, regular in-person retreats, and a dedicated remote leadership team.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:08The all-remote team
- 5:57Pre-pandemic
- 6:29The COVID-19 effect
- 6:54This is not true "remote work"
- 9:16Remote team structures
- 11:30Remote is always in transition
- 13:47Establish a handbook
- 15:19Don't do work in your chat tool
- 17:28Build trust & community
- 19:19Stay connected & build rapport
- 19:37Meet in person too
- 19:58Establish a remote leadership team
- 20:14Roll with the changes
- 20:29Define your values
- 21:13Outro
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