We can embrace the future of work right now

The future of work means that we can work from wherever we want, whenever we want.

With over 1,100 team members in more than 65 countries, GitLab is now the world's largest all-remote company. Every single team member is remote, with no central headquarters and no company-owned offices anywhere in the world.

In this talk, we will delve into the new era of remote culture without borders, which revolves around transparency, values, and innovation. By sharing challenges and solutions to creating a thriving remote culture, we hope to inspire other companies to embrace the future of work.

Transcript

1. We can embrace the future of work right now. Nadia Udalova & Rayana Verissimo Toptal Future of Work Series | March 10, 2020 @ Amsterdam
2. Nadia Udalova UX Manager @nudalova Rayana Verissimo Senior Product Designer @rayana
3. We believe in a world where everyone can contribute. https://about.gitlab.com/company/strategy/#mission
5. 1,200+ members 67 countries World's largest all-remote company No head-quarters No single office Everyone is remote https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/
6. https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/informal-communication/
7. "If you need to suddenly take care of your family or friends, the flexibility to travel to them, move to them, be there when they need you there. And I think that's a really beautiful thing." — Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab
9. We're nearing a tipping point with all-remote. Instead of remote teams having to justify why they do it, it's going to be colocated companies having to justify why they don't. https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/03/06/resources-for-companies-embracing-remote-work /
10. https://about.gitlab.com/what-is-gitlab/
11. What is GitLab Culture Values Why all remote is possible Future of remote
12. What is GitLab?
13. GitLab is a complete open-source DevOps platform, delivered as a single application. https://www.about.gitlab.com
14. https://about.gitlab.com/stages-devops-lifecycle/
15. https://giphy.com/gifs/cbc-comedy-what-3o7btPCcdNniyf0ArS
16. Let’s bring it back to something relatable: newspaper!
17. Newspaper article lifecycle https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/11/30/how-to-explain-gitlab-to-anyone
18. This is exactly how GitLab works! https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/11/30/how-to-explain-gitlab-to-anyone
19. GitLab is used by more than 100,000 organizations around the globe and has an active community of more than 2200 contributors. https://about.gitlab.com/customers/
20. "At a certain point, we decided: OK, this works. Almost nobody in the company wants to come to the office because it's a waste of time." — Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab
21. https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/01/06/our-y-combinator-experience/
22. https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/contribute/
23. Working remotely or distributed forces an organization to do a few things different: 1. You can’t expect people to work at a particular time, given people are likely to be in a different timezone. Working asynchronously is necessary to function. 2. Information can’t only exist in the heads of people: the person you need might be asleep! You have to write everything down. https://www.jobvandervoort.com/blog/next/
24. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtZ0sc1HHNtGGWZFDRTh5A
25. https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/
26. We continuously adjust our values and strive to make them better.
27. Collaboration Results Efficiency Diversity Iteration Transparency
28. Collaboration: Share information publicly https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#share
29. Collaboration: Get to know each other https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#get-to-know-each-other
30. Collaboration: Ask Me Anything with CEO https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#collaboration
31. Results: Dogfooding https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#dogfooding
32. Results: Measure results, not hours https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#measure-results-not-hours
33. Transparency: Transparency is only a value if you do it when it is hard https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency-is-only-a-value-if-you-do-it-when-it-is-hard GIT happens
34. Efficiency: Boring solutions https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#boring-solutions
35. All-remote work wouldn't be possible without the constant evolution of technology. https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote /vision/#why-is-this-possible-now • Faster internet everywhere • Video call software • Mobile technology • Messaging apps • English proficiency • Increasing traffic congestion • More demand for work-life balance
36. The new era of all-remote work revolves around transparency, values, and innovation.
38. https://gitlab.com/rayana/public-speaking/-/tree/m aster/talks/2020-toptal-future-of-work https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/ This presentation is open-source
39. Join the GitLab adventure nudalova@gitlab.com | rverissimo@gitlab.com Toptal Future of Work Series | March 10, 2020 @ Amsterdam https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/ https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/