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Skimmed this in an hour or so. Four stars based on quality of ideas it generated for me in that short time. But very thin on details.
This book resonates a lot with my experience in the last 18 months. I've changed countries tree times, I've been on different sides of the "remote worker" experience and went from a 100% in site company to a remote friendly startup ever since.
If you never had experience with remote work. This is a good place to find hints about it.
If you have, this is a good place to find experience to share with.
If you have a company. This is a good book on how you can improve your environment and policies.
The future comes, are you ready for it?
If you never had experience with remote work. This is a good place to find hints about it.
If you have, this is a good place to find experience to share with.
If you have a company. This is a good book on how you can improve your environment and policies.
The future comes, are you ready for it?
Jul 31, 2016
Rework was an amazing book that put into words how I feel about work.
Remote was different. While I agree that remote work can be effective, I disagreed with several of the sections.
First off, I work for Accenture, one of the companies interviewed and quoted in the book. The description of Accenture in the book in no way matches what happens in real life. Do 80% of the people not work in the Accenture offices? Yes. Because they are required to be on-site, butt in seat, logging face time, at a client location. We're getting better, many people work from home on Fridays, and sometimes travel schedules allow workers to be at the client every other week. There is still a massive emphasis on face time and time in seat (rather than completed work).
The Accenture ergonomics program was not accurately depicted. Want an ergonomic setup? Get a doctor's note. Without that you don't get anything. Even with a note, the selection is very limited and, frankly, not very good. I purchased my own monitor, monitor arm, ergonomic keyboard, etc.
When Marissa Meyer got rid of the Yahoo work from home program I applauded her. I saw a similar program at a similar client, and it was a disaster. One person posted a Facebook photo of them on the beach with the caption "working from home". That person got very little done. Did the remote work program follow all the guidelines laid out in Remote? No. And I doubt Yahoo's did either. Big companies are not always made up of self-motivated and hard working people. The system can be abused, and often is.
I think remote working has a bright future. I just don't think things are quite as binary as Remote makes them out to be.
Rework was an amazing book that put into words how I feel about work.
Remote was different. While I agree that remote work can be effective, I disagreed with several of the sections.
First off, I work for Accenture, one of the companies interviewed and quoted in the book. The description of Accenture in the book in no way matches what happens in real life. Do 80% of the people not work in the Accenture offices? Yes. Because they are required to be on-site, butt in seat, logging face time, at a client location. We're getting better, many people work from home on Fridays, and sometimes travel schedules allow workers to be at the client every other week. There is still a massive emphasis on face time and time in seat (rather than completed work).
The Accenture ergonomics program was not accurately depicted. Want an ergonomic setup? Get a doctor's note. Without that you don't get anything. Even with a note, the selection is very limited and, frankly, not very good. I purchased my own monitor, monitor arm, ergonomic keyboard, etc.
When Marissa Meyer got rid of the Yahoo work from home program I applauded her. I saw a similar program at a similar client, and it was a disaster. One person posted a Facebook photo of them on the beach with the caption "working from home". That person got very little done. Did the remote work program follow all the guidelines laid out in Remote? No. And I doubt Yahoo's did either. Big companies are not always made up of self-motivated and hard working people. The system can be abused, and often is.
I think remote working has a bright future. I just don't think things are quite as binary as Remote makes them out to be.
Felt like one long dissertation on why working remotely is a good idea. It was ok. Great points, but only ok.
Same format and style as Rework and just as good in many ways but this is really a book or manual for people, managers, employees who want to break away from the office. I did like how it's broken down into the chapters building cases for and for those against, how to work remote etc. I also picked up some management tips and how I could be more effective in my current remote working practice. All in all a good read.
Remote is an excellent thesis on the value of remote work and how it can be integrated into both new and existing business. It's a quick read that many old guard managers would be well-served to take under advisement. The one thing that hasn't aged well in this less-than-three-year-old book is the reliance on pop culture references that in many cases I'm pretty sure were already passé in 2013. I mean Jersey Shore, really?
Interesting read, especially after a huge percentage of workers went full remote in 2020. Since this was written in 2013, I’d say it was almost prophetic. The genies out of the bottle, it’s going to be tough to force people back into offices.
Even during a global pandemic, the phycology of "working from home" is slow to change.
Well written book hits the point as quick as possible. Best part of the book is all the pointers are experimented and proven to work. Every startup and companies who want to make employers happy should read this.
Good. Nothing earth-shattering and a bit of 'our company is awesome' undertones throughout, but I'd recommend it to others.