The predecessor to the office was Florence’s Uffizi Gallery – an admin building to the Medici mercantile empire. That was in… 1560. In the centuries to come, work was revolutionized, with perhaps the most well-known inflection of Ford Motors adopting the 40-hour work week in 1926. The cubicle? We have Robert Propst to thank for that, entering the picture in 1968.

It wasn’t until the 80s when the Internet appeared on the scene and wifi released in 1997, forever changing the way people live and work. Since then, companies have continued to adopt many of the practices from the 20th century, despite the possibilities being fundamentally different.

COVID sent a shock into that system, forcing many people to adopt a distributed model and despite much debate about what the future holds, this episode will highlight the many ways that companies are continuing to adapt.

Will companies shift toward more asynchronous work? How will a distributed model shift the way we hire? How will companies attract top talent, and is remote the only benefit that matters? What workers and companies will come out on top of this sea change?

And of course… is the office dead? We’ll address these questions, and much more!

Topics covered:

00:00 - History of remote work
3:27 - Is the office dead?
7:05 - Async vs sync
16:18 - Building culture remotely
27:15 - Attracting top talent
31:16 - The evolution of benefits
36:04 - Remote work vs work
39:29 - Location-based pay
46:36 - Open salaries
51:23 - Vetting top talent
55:32 - The need to adapt
58:39 - Rewriting the rules
1:03:09 - Infrastructure gaps

Resources:

GitLab’s Remote Handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/

Deel’s Salary Insights Tool: https://www.deel.com/salary-insights

Deel’s State of Global Hiring report: https://www.deel.com/state-of-global-hiring-2022

Deel:

Deel’s website: https://www.deel.com/
Deel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/deel
Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bouazizalex

SafetyWing

SafetyWing’s website: https://safetywing.com/
SafetyWing on Twitter: https://twitter.com/safetywing
Sondre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRasch

GitLab:

GitLab’s website: https://about.gitlab.com/
GitLab on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gitlab
Darren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrenmurph

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