Articles tagged "Remote work"

Como construir uma cultura em uma equipe remota

How can you go about building culture when there are thousands of miles between teammates? Here are seven online team building principles that work for us at Zapier.

Como construir relacionamentos fortes em uma equipe remota

If you work in a remote team, one of the aspects you quickly notice is the importance of communication. Finding the best ways to communicate with your team is imperative when you're not working face-to-face, because you're missing most of the context.

How to Find and Get Hired for a Remote Job

For many people, remote work is the ideal way to work. Before you throw out all your suits, though, you have to land the job.

How to Thrive as an Extrovert on a Remote Team

The remote aspect of my job provides many benefits I enjoy, but the lack of in-person contact has been a real challenge for me.

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.

Como gerenciar uma equipe remota

Many companies—Zapier included—are successful as 100% remote teams. Yet it's still not a common company structure and, unfortunately, information about how to set up remote work so that you and your team can be successful is still scarce.

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.