For companies sticking with remote work, the rules for success are becoming clear

Abstraction: Best practices for mature remote-first organizations using documentation and async tools

Key points:

• Companies with highly effective documentation are more than 2x as likely to report maximizing remote work benefits (Gusto Hybrid Work Playbook)
• Atlassian uses Confluence for pre-meeting document sharing, making decisions in ~12 minutes; VP Annie Dean advocates keeping 50% of the day for individual focused work
• GitLab, "office-less" for over a decade, codified practices in a downloadable remote playbook book
• Upwork tracks individual quarterly goals that employees input themselves, emphasizing personal accountability and visibility; ~75% adoption
• Remote companies holding regular celebrations are 85% more likely to report being far above average in company culture (Gusto data)
• "Remote-first" practices are the connective tissue that also enables hybrid — you can't run hybrid without remote-first systems in place

Connections: Atlassian · Gitlab · Upwork · Remote Work · Async Collaboration

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/22/for-companies-sticking-with-remote-work-the-rules-are-becoming-clear.html