Articles tagged "Remote work"

Download The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work: A Free eBook from Zapier

Building, managing and working in a remote team is becoming more and more common. However, best practices are still hard to come by. For the last 43 months, Zapier has grown as an entirely distributed team.

How to Share Your Internet Connection

The internet doesn't always just work.

How Successful Remote Teams Evaluate Employees: A Look inside Automattic, GitHub, and Help Scout

During my first full day of work at Automattic, the only thing running through my mind was "Am I going to get fired?"

How to Avoid Burnout in a Remote Team

There's a tendency to work more while working remotely. When your home is your office, it's hard to put separation between your work life and personal life. Total control is great, but not being able to pull yourself away can more easily lead to burnout.

How to Run a Company Retreat for a Remote Team

While we firmly believe that day-to-day work does not need to happen in person, we do believe that some things happen easier when in person. Because of that, we get the whole team together for a company retreat twice a year.

How to Work Faster in a Remote Team

Zapier is my first job on a remote team. Never had I been a part of an organization in which each team member is on their own, dictating their own hours, office setup, and work environment.

The pros and cons of working across time zones: What to expect when you work in a distributed company

Twice a year, the Zapier team gets together at a company retreat. The rest of the year, we manage to work together across 17 time zones, using Slack, Zoom, and some sheer effort to all stay connected.