Great leaders don’t fear remote work—they fear the absence of trust, clarity, and accountability. The problem isn’t where people work, it’s how we lead them.
JJ Reeder
@jjs.business
(she/they) I post a lot about remote work & org psychology. I happen to believe that a good job can make your life better, and that workplaces can be fulfilling & inclusive places. Director of Remote Org Effectiveness at Upwork, and obviously, an idealist
Is your company remote-first? Don't assume you can operate like other distributed organizations. Define your unique strategy and reap the rewards. #HybridWork #RemoteStrategy
To build an effective remote-first operating model, start with why – "JJ" Jessica Reeder
To be successful in running a distributed company, you need more than a transformation plan. You need a model that connects company strategy to distributed work, and transfers agency to individuals,…
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A toxic culture in the office will stay toxic remotely. Changing the location won’t change the outcome—only leadership will. #remotework
I'm going to need all my Gen Xers to go right now to your Docs settings and switch your format to pageless. Yes by default. No bro, nobody wants to see your page breaks and like, little tiny text in the footer. No dude I'm serious. They're not gonna print it, buddy.
Great communication makes work frictionless. And when work is enjoyable, people stay.
Remote work doesn't make collaboration harder - it exposes bad habits. The real mission is creating the structures that make collaboration seamless, regardless of distance.
Leaders often underestimate the impact of unclear expectations. For remote teams, confusion isn’t just inefficient—it’s destructive. #remotework
I remember once a startup I worked at hired an ergonomics consultant to fix our posture and they spent the whole day taking measurements and judging us and then they left the profession and we never got any recommendations. just a pile of shrimps shipping features to millions of users.
Communication is the primer for culture. Without effective communication, culture work won’t stick.
What are your thoughts on async video messages? I know they're becoming the norm at many remote-first companies, but personally, I hate watching a 3-minute video when a quick note would have done the job. #asyncwork
In-person moments for remote-first teams are crucial, but don't neglect culture-building in the day-to-day. Keep the global team spirit alive by weaving connectedness into all parts of the employee experience. #TeamBuilding #RemoteCulture
To build an effective remote-first operating model, start with why – "JJ" Jessica Reeder
To be successful in running a distributed company, you need more than a transformation plan. You need a model that connects company strategy to distributed work, and transfers agency to individuals,…
buff.ly
The year is 2025 and office vacancies just hit a record high. Bosses can talk big about RTO, but the bottom line is more of them are letting go of their offices.
US office vacancies hit a record high last year: 20.4% of office space in the top 50 metro areas is now empty. How much is this driving return-to-office #RTO mandates? #FutureOfWork #RemoteWork www.axios.com/2025/01/10/o...
Office vacancies hit a record high despite RTO push
Some firms have called workers back without having enough office space for them.
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This is why I just spent 5 minutes putting on extra layers so I can go breathe the 24-degree (-4 C) air for 30 minutes. It’s worth the effort on almost any day.
Jeppe Hansgaard@jeppehansgaard.bsky.social · 2y agoOne reason I enjoy walks - alone or together - is the impact it has on my thoughts. Here is the research on why it is a great idea to take a walk.
Return to office mandates for tech work are largely to satisfy: 1) organizations that don’t know how to evolve or manage effectively. 2) senior workers who made a career out of looking busy rather than actually working.
erika@yeeeerika.bsky.social · 2y agoi don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
“How AI is adopted in the workplace matters. We need to consider the types of tasks it takes over, whether it is human-centric in design and whether it promotes meaningful work.” ⬆️
Dr Nicola Millard@docnicola.bsky.social · 2y agoWill AI free employees or crush meaningful work? We’re often told that AI will allow us to do more meaningful work, but research on robotisation in industrial workplaces shows the opposite may be true www.raconteur.net/technology/a...
Honestly? This is the tech industry reaching its full, bloated maturity. Like media and publishing before it, tech is now big enough that certain corporations are required to play craven in order to maintain their level of scale. I also see the preemptive layoffs, just in case 👀
Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2y agoDear friends in tech: If your CEO is desperately seeking the approval of an octogenarian who assesses technologies based on the advanced criteria of "which desperate supplicant has written me the biggest check?" your pathetic employer is well past its days of producing any innovations. Just leave.
I took a social media break, did anything happen? Seems like no news since mid-December right? 👍
The rise in WFH productivity boosts demand for housing, driving up prices. But workers in jobs that can’t be done remotely don’t see the same benefits. Higher housing costs hit them harder, reducing their welfare.
cant wait to flash all of you constantly
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2y agoBluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
I keep thinking: it's easy to have a great company culture when the business is doing well. But what companies managed to keep morale (& retention) high during a downturn? The current period is going to show us who's nailing it on culture 👀
How to empower individuals and transfer agency: connect company strategy to everyday actions. #Empowerment #RemoteWork
To build an effective remote-first operating model, start with why – "JJ" Jessica Reeder
To be successful in running a distributed company, you need more than a transformation plan. You need a model that connects company strategy to distributed work, and transfers agency to individuals,…
buff.ly
For the love of Dog, can we all just learn a TINY BIT about how work actually works? Developers are not coding away on their own tiny islands. AWS is not an archipelago of Robinson Crusoe. Collaboration IS the work.
There’s interesting potential for AI to do work for humans. But let’s not uh… act like being human is a bad thing
SpacePrez@spaceprez.bsky.social · 2y agoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH
Do not like remote work becoming a politicized issue. 👎
Philip Bump@pbump.com · 2y agoThe gall of a *member of Congress* criticizing another federal employee for working remotely. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...