Expectations on where people work

• Don't just leave it as the choice of the employee. Create some structure and principles around it to guide the team in making decisions.
• Difference of where and when
• Remote is here to stay, at least for some people
• To hit hiring targets, we need people that are remote
• Connection to the organization and the team is difficult remote
• Maximum and minimum number of days
• Avoid two class system - those who are in the office, and those who are not

Types: - Remote-only = No office everyone fully remote - Office-occasional = Part time remote, part time in the office - Hybrid = Work where you want to work - Office first, remote sometimes = Always in the office (with some exceptions)

Types of work:

• Creation
• Collaboration
• Bonding
• Random

https://fellow.app/blog/management/hybrid-work-how-to-get-ready-for-the-future-of-the-office/

Ideas on Team Culture

via https://rands-leadership.slack.com/archives/C050FRW0F/p1628118199015700

• "donuts" - app that randomly schedules 1:1s, both need to opt-in for this and choose a mutual time
• #positive channel where the little wins are celebrated (5-10 per week at our size of 140)
• regional channels where lunches and co-working space days are coordinated
• annual all hands, in-person event - maybe we'll get back to this next year
• weekly TL;DR sessions - more recently shifting into department TL;DRs with a monthly company recorded all hands - CEO update (10m) - headlines from across business functions (10m) - people celebrations - welcoming joiners, thanking leavers, celebrating anniversaries (2-5m) - deep dive topic (15-20m?) - customer story (5m)
• a series of #fun- channels where people connect on topics like gardening, parenting, tech, etc..
• end of week Gather Town session for people to unwind
• The CEO has a monthly thirsty thursday where folks can join and ask questions, informally, often with drinks but optional
• We also have PechaKucha style talks, where folks can share their non-work related stories, e.g. unexpected hobbies, past careers, favourite books, stories of countries they're from, anything they personally care about -- this is great for sparking up new connections and conversations.