GitLab - How Do You Measure Productivity?

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People inherently find comfort in consensus because it allows them to share blame if something goes wrong. At GitLab, you should give everyone the chance to chime in on a decision. Those people who chime in should expect that they might not hear back about what they say. We don't thank people for working outside of office hours unless you suspect they're working too long.

In the 44th episode GitLab Co-Founder and CEO Sid Sijbrandij discusses the importance of transparency both within a company and publicly and the philosophies of open source and success. Plus why he’s such an advocate for remote work and the troubles with hybrid offices.

(0:00) Introducing Sid Sijbrandij

(13:43) Corporate Transparency

(22:03) Remote work

(25:13) Philosophies for success

(26:55) Team ops

(32:37) Human elements of remote work

(36:14) Hybrid work

(39:07) Global talent pool

(43:10) Measuring productivity

(50:08) The shadow program

(54:14) Staying in the Bay Area

(56:57) Situational leadership

(1:00:08) Outro

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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