I mean, I get both sides. I'm am early stage founder. We're fully remote, using tools like Monday and Teams to manage communication and collaboration.
It's not easy - some tasks slip through the cracks, and brainstorming is tougher. Meetings are agenda-driven, so the off-the-cuff conversations that often lead to great ideas are much tougher to foment. It's tough to figure out if people are putting in a full day's work. And no, "How does it matter, if they're doing all the work given to them?" doesn't cut it. It's hard to measure efficiency and effectiveness in a young startup, where you can't benchmark against other people.
Having said that...the positives are amazing. Our team is from across the country - Delhi, Bombay, Bhubaneswar, Simla and more. I love the diversity that brings.
The younger folks who join are living with family, and around friends. They don't have to uproot themselves and spend a bomb to live in a metro. They can save their whole salary, rather than spending it all on inflated rents.
Oh, and the lack of a commute is AMAZING. We don't have to spend an hour in traffic each way. The days my Delhi team meets - once every fortnight - we get much lesser done, though of course it's fun to meet my colleagues twice a month.
Plus we save a TON on office costs :)
Feels warm to read of good culture, are you hiring by any chance? 😂
Hopefully we'll be hiring in the next couple of months :) For now... Trying to do the most we can on the slimmest shoestring we could find!
This is anecdotal but just wanted to highlight my observation that the recruitment is getting harder in general and multiple companies fighting for same good candidates. It's really nice to see green shoots considering how hard 2023 has ...
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