This page is a resource for Remoters to ensure a productive and inclusive environment within our global team.

Just like with all documentation at Remote, this is a constantly evolving document and is never "complete" as we are always improving, taking feedback and suggestions. Please do not hesitate to comment on the page, tagging @Amanda Day with ideas and feedback.

Cultural Awareness

Remoters are located throughout the world, coming from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences. It is important for each of us to:

• Recognize and understand our own cultural manner and values
• Remain open to and respectful of others' manner and values
• Assume Kindness and good intentions in your interactions with others
• Keep in mind we have the same mission, values and goals we are working towards as an organization

Resources

🔗 The importance of cultural awareness in building virtual teams

🎓 Learning Catalogue

Working with team members in other time zones

Set expectations within your team regarding your typical working hours, time off, breaks in your typical workday, etc. Set your google calendar work times so that people can easily see when you expect to be awake and working.

Looking to overlap with a team member's differing work times? Consider a later or earlier start one day a week, to overlap with other time zones.

Asynchronous work is always our default and should be prioritized.

Be patient. Unless this is an urgent matter keep in mind our first approach is async, meaning a person does not have to be online and answer your message immediately.

Keep in mind that some countries and/or regions have different typical work week schedules. For example, in the Middle East, many employees work Sunday-Thursday. A great resource for this is Workweek & weekends across the world.