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Ju Liu
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Transcript
Remote is Not Remote @arkh4m TCS
THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR REMOTE WORK
Why work doesn’t happen at Work
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Stop Commuting your life away
Home to work Every day Every week Every year 45
mins 1.5 hours 7.5 hours 330 hours
Escaping 9am-5pm
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So why people didn't do it before?
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Working freedom
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Your company saves money
IBM introduced remote working since 1995 Reduced office space Sold
office space Subleased office income Remote workers 7.2 mln m2 $1.9B $1.1B 40%
You save money
Distance home-office Daily distance Kilometers per liter Price per liter
Working days 30km 60km 20km/l 1.7€ 220 Total: (60 / 20) * 1.7 * 220 1122€
Still a trade-off
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DEALING WITH EXCUSES
If I can’t see them, how do I know they’re
working?
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But I need an answer NOW!
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Well, it wouldn’t work for us..
AT&T eBay McKinsey Intel IBM Cisco Mercedes-Benz US Dep Education
DreamWorks Virgin Atlantic Github Automattic Fotolia FreeAgent HSBC UK British Telecom Well, it worked for…
HOW TO SUCCEED AT REMOTE
Our team Andrei Micheal Tor, Damon, John Tadas, David, Matteo,
Ju Timisoara, Romania Vermont, USA New York, USA London, UK
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Seeing is believing
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All out in the open
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The virtual Coffee Machine
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Easy on the M&Ms
There is no such thing as 1-hour meetings
Micro-management sucks
In thirty years time, as technology moves forward even further,
people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed. Richard Branson
alphasights.com/ruby @arkham