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David Heinemeier Hansson

OFFICE NOT REQUIRED

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Jamie and Colt Heinemeier Hansson: Remote work allows the whole family to spend more time together in more places on the planet. Thank you for the love and inspiration.

David Heinemeier Hansson

For those who are on the road.

Jason Fried

From the authors

By 2013, when we started writing this book, the popularity of remote work—or remote work as it is sometimes called—had been slowly but surely growing for many years. From 2005 to 2011, the number of remote workers in the US increased by 73 percent, to 3 million people. 1
URL: http://www.globalworkplaceanalytics.com/telecommuting-statistics.

However, in February 2013, this goodness was suddenly broken by a loud statement from Yahoo! about curtailing the remote work program. We were just finishing the book. The topic immediately emerged from the academic shadow and became the subject of close international attention. Hundreds, if not thousands, of articles appeared, the authors of which defended opposing points of view.

Of course, we would be grateful to the CEO 2
Chief Executive Officer - General Director. Note. ed.

Yahoo! Marissa Mayer, wait six months for her book to come out. Those

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About how to work together, remotely, in any room, in any region, anytime and anywhere.

What can be better than getting up in 7 am and go on job? What could be nicer than killing a couple of hours on road, standing in endless traffic jams, or metro in rush hour jostling with not the same sleepy poor fellows? Or, for example, in summer... Seeing a hot sunny day through the windows of your office and catch a cold from conditioner. Perfect!

If these pictures evoke feelings of horror, and Do you think that only a perverted psychopath could write such a thing, You have the right book in front of you.

The founders of 37signals (and authors of the bestseller "Rework") managed to create a company in which people from different parts of the planet. In order to get into team, it is enough to have a computer and Internet access. Well be talented, of course.

AT his new book Jason and David show how companies and hired employees can effectively work remotely.

And this is the meaning and t:

You can work at home, in the country, in a cafe, in a park, or at least in a water park! Sitting, standing, lying down.
If you don’t want to get up for work, then you don’t need to come up with excuses for your boss.
You need to constantly improve in your field in order to be the best ... on the planet, and not just in your city. If the company is not limited by geography, this means that resumes from all over the world will be considered.

Not be afraid to change habits and look at "correct" mode of operation. The earth was flat until the day it turned out to be round. Owner Do you business, or a person who is looking for better working conditions,- not fixate on geography. Look at parties. The world will never was so open. Not miss great opportunities just because they are behind outside of your city.

A world without an office is not the future, it is the present. And you have the opportunity to live just like that.

Who is this book for?

For business owners who want to assemble a real Dream Team in their company and for qualified professionals striving for the fullest possible self-realization.

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... The luxury and privilege of the next twenty years will be the opportunity to leave the city.

I went to and from work... read, dreamed how cool it would be to work from home for at least three days out of five... Saving time, money and effort. Less likely to catch an infection in public transport, less unnecessary communication. Of course, it would be necessary to become more disciplined, reorganize your workflow, get used to the new regime. But the example of the authors' company and other companies mentioned in the book is inspiring! I easily imagined myself, if not in the place of an employee traveling around the world, then at least in the role of a pajama content manager. It remains to be regretted that in the native land such a practice, if it spreads, takes root, then only someday, far from now. The book is small, practical, positive, and will be of interest to both ordinary employees and heads of organizations. You can give it to your leaders, especially informal ones. With hint ;)

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Yesterday I finished reading the book "Remote" from the creators of Basecamp and once again confirmed my decision to never return to the office.
Senseless bureaucracy, endless meetings and ineffective appearance of vigorous activity, which often consists either in "managing chairs" or in sitting pants on these very chairs - this is definitely not for me. Not to mention commuting to and from work, traffic jams and bad weather, the need to send a child to a kindergarten that he may not want to go to ... Well, talking near the cooler is not my favorite pastime.
So this book is a godsend for me. In it, the authors not only talk about the advantages of remote work and their own experience, but, which is especially valuable, they share practical tips and a list of the most effective tools for organizing the workflow.
This book will be equally useful for managers and for ordinary employees; for those who already practice remote work, and for those who have not yet made a final decision for themselves. It clearly, without unnecessary water, provides answers to all fundamental questions: how to build a convenient schedule and organize work on joint projects, how to stay motivated, how to find and hire employees, how to combine work and personal life, and much more.

The main idea that runs like a red line through the entire book is that work should bring pleasure. Psychologists have long proved that the policy of carrots and sticks is the last century. "There is only one reliable way to increase motivation - to encourage people to work on what they like, and only with those people who do not leave them indifferent." This is the main secret of "Remote".
If you like to live away from the noisy city and admire the sheep grazing on the green grass; if you like to work over a cup of coffee in a cozy cafe or have a leisurely breakfast with your family, remote work is for you.
If you want your subordinates to work conscientiously and be results-oriented, loosen control, let them work from home, changing the strict dress code to comfortable sweatpants, and they will repay you for your trust a hundredfold. Well, if work falls out of hands, maybe it's just not your job. So it's time to reconsider your life and rebuild on a new track.

Now I am on maternity leave and slowly freelancing. I like to sleep longer in the morning and work hard in the evening. I don't see myself locked up in the office anymore. But my husband and I are increasingly thinking about organizing our own small business. And, of course, first of all, we are considering the possibility of hiring remote workers (even on the scale of our city). Therefore, this book was especially useful for me: it helped to study the issue of remote work from all sides, with all its pluses and minuses, and gave me new ideas. And most importantly, it inspired me to take the first steps.

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The 21st century is the century of new technologies and breakthrough ideas. And now you think that people live in a completely, completely different way: after all, we have super iPads, Macbooks, the Internet (!), cool cars and everything our heart desires. However, if you drop into the very essence of life, nothing has changed. People are born then Kindergarten, school, university, work and finally - pension. And after all, people spend most of their time, that is, their lives, on work. And how many people can boast of their incredible love for work? I'm afraid the answer is obvious.
The vast majority of jobs require you to get up in the morning, sit in the office from and to. Every employee's day starts with their favorite alarm clock, the way to work, waiting for the end of the work day, the way home, and a pillow. You begin to notice how your time for family and friends is shrinking. Sometimes you remember how much you wanted to travel, learn languages, draw, play an instrument, dance, or eventually find time for a book that you always looked at with a “not now” sigh.
It's time to change the most important part of our lives. Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hensson's Remote. An office is not required” reveals to us the first steps in this. Namely:
1. Ability to work outside the office. And this is beneficial not only for employees, but also for the employer himself - to save on renting premises.
2. Follows from the first. Save time and travel costs. You no longer need to stand in traffic jams, make transfers, be on the bus during rush hours (!).
3. Have a flexible work schedule. How many hours, let's say from 10 to 6, do you really work? Wouldn't it be better to catch the very time when you feel that the work will be productive?
4. Evaluation of the work itself. You will no longer be judged by what time you deigned to come to work today, how many cups of tea / coffee you drank, how long you talked with employees at the cooler, and what time you ran away from work.
5. Organization of remote work. The authors recommend programs that have helped them create and improve remote work.
6. Tips for managing remote workers and creating a corporate culture.
The work is read in one breath. The reason may be that I am very impressed with the very idea of not having an office and working remotely. After all, this is a unique opportunity to work from anywhere in the world. Today you need to try very hard to find a place where there is no Internet. Many professions today can safely switch to remote work and enjoy life... As the authors note, "A world without an office is not the future, it is the present." Join.

The book about how employees can work effectively from anywhere in the world and, in fact, they do not need an office at all, was published about six months after Marissa Mayer announced the closure of teleworking programs at Yahoo! and urged employees to return to their offices. As everyone remembers, Mayer's actions were criticized by many, including the head and founder of the Virgin Group, Richard Branson. A book "Remote. Office is not required" - from bestselling authors"Rework. Business without prejudice"- continues to be successfully sold and of interest to businessmen, managers and ordinary employees around the world.

In the age of the Internet and high technology remote work has become as natural and familiar as, for example, mobile communications. The authors of "Remote. Office is optional" Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson have a lot of arguments that they successfully oppose to the point of view of Meyer and some other top managers (since most of the "problems" of remote work are exclusively in their heads, and they are not going to fight their prejudices yet). Fried and Hanemeyer Hansson tell how to "upgrade" the brain in this sense.

The main material for the book was the experience, in fact, of the 37signals authors, but Fried and Hanemeyer Hensson also talk about the experience of other companies - wholly or partially "remote". In particular, 82% of employees work remotely at Intel on a regular basis, 86% at Deloitte, and 57% at NASA. "A world without an office": 37signals has been operating in this format almost since its inception. This does not stop her from developing successful products for millions of users (and earning millions of dollars from them). And not only does it not interfere - on the contrary, it helps a lot. It seems that all the strengths and weaknesses of such an organization of work are obvious. But Fried and Hanemeyer Hensson go into detail about the kinds of things that can only be learned by "practicing" teleworking. In addition, the book contains a lot of useful information about new organizational capabilities and tools - there are so many of them and their "composition" is updated so often that hardly anyone knows everything about everyone.

In "Remote" the authors talk about remote interaction with clients, recruiting, motivating and retaining remote employees, maintaining a positive atmosphere in a team scattered across the country (or even the world), building a company without an office from scratch, and integrating remote workers into the corporate structure. already existing company, creating equal conditions for those who are in the office and out of it.

The authors of the book fully agree with Richard Branson (who, in his own words, has never worked a day in the office in the traditional sense of the word) that very soon remote work will not only become ubiquitous - it will be very difficult to imagine a world in which need a good old "traditional office".