It’s sad but inevitable, the shift in remote work has now turned to pay cuts to subsidize unused buildings. Or maybe for some other cost-cutting initiative. We get pretty riled up on this episode of Remotely Prepared – “Remote Pay Cuts”
One day you are going to pick a product or tool to do a job that just doesn’t fit. Maybe it doesn’t work, maybe it doesn’t line up, maybe it simply doesn’t do what it was supposed to do. The only question in your mind is – “Now what am I supposed to do?” At this stage you have two options; Do a ton of work around this tool or product (I’m looking at you…
Coming up with values shouldn’t be hard, it shouldn’t take long and should be easily accomplished. Values are a great way to say – “hey whatever we do, they always have to be rooted in this, if they are not rooted in this, we should consider not doing it because they are not part of our values.” It’s not complicated, it’s not stressful, you don’t need a day to do it, and you can start…
One of those days where I edited, completed, and was ready to push publish on an episode all ready to go – only to realize we already shipped it. If you haven’t had a listen, take a listen now, Colin and I discuss the ever-present green icon of presence and how it links to trust in the remote workplace.
I remember working on software that interfaced with presence engines before people started working remotely in a big way. And at that time I remember thinking – “wow, there is a lot that could go wrong here.” Presence does not equal trust, it’s something else, but it’s not trust. Don’t confuse the two. We had a great chat on this in our recent episodes on Remotely Prepared.