Effective Remote Work

The Challenge of Retrofitting Fully Remote Culture

If you look back at the spectrum-of-remoteness diagram, you’ll notice that there’s a vertical line separating the remote-first and fully remote configurations. This is because the transition between remote-first and fully remote can be challenging, and for some large companies, it may never even be possible. It may not even be desirable.

Therefore, it needs to be considered carefully, both from the perspective of companies that are wondering whether they should be making the transition and from employees who will be eagerly watching how their workplace is reacting to the needs of current and future employees and the direction of the industry in general.

If a company begins its life as fully ...