Remote

Why Remote?

Candidates Want Remote Options

In a survey, we asked over 100 candidates about their ideal company.

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We asked:

Remote vs in-person: 遠端工作

(1) 喜歡在家工作 (46%)

(2) 喜歡在辦公室人事同事 (54%)

Almost half of candidates prefer working remotely at home.

Employees Want Convenience

In the same survey, we asked whether convenient location or office with nice decor.

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We asked:

Office location vs decor: 辦公室與工作環境

(1) 地點好離捷運近，但室內裝潢普通 (66%)

(2) 地點離捷運遠，但室內裝潢很厲害 (34%)

Two-thirds of candidates value convenient commute.

Cost Savings

Cost savings on office space.
Ability to hire candidates from any location globally.
Ability to hire candidates with children or pets at home.
Our hiring is not limited to cities with very high cost of living.
Freedom for employees to relocated to a city with lower cost of living, e.g. central and southern Taiwan.
Easier and quicker to attract candidates and hire. Savings in time and money on hiring process.

Productivity Gains

Time and money saved on long commutes. Long commutes can be stressful and lower productivity.
Flexible and autonomous working hours is shown to increase worker productivity. Choose work hours most productive for you. For example, some people are morning person, while others are night person.
Reduced interruption in home environment. Asynchronous communication means you reply when it does not disrupt your work flow.
Less exposure to germs and sick coworkers.
Eating at home is healthier and cheaper.
Work clothes not required.
Healither interpersonal relationships and family life.
Fewer meetings

Better Culture: The Remote Manifesto

We naturally attract self-motivated people.
Focus on effective written communication. Remote work forces people to write knowledge down, rather than have it be repeated over and over again.
There is more sharing of knowledge.

From GitLab

All-remote work promotes:

Hiring and working from all over the world instead of from a central location.

Flexible working hours over set working hours.

Writing down and recording knowledge over verbal explanations.

Written down processes over on-the-job training.

Public sharing of information over need-to-know access.

Opening up every document for editing by anyone over top-down control of documents.

Asynchronous communication over synchronous communication.

The results of work over the hours put in.

Formal communication channels over informal communication channels.