JJ Reeder

Great leaders don’t fear remote work—they fear the absence of trust, clarity, and accountability. The problem isn’t where people work, it’s how we lead them.

To build an effective remote-first operating model, start with why – "JJ" Jessica Reeder To be successful in running a distributed company, you need more than a transformation plan. You need a model that connects company strategy to distributed work, and transfers agency to individuals,…

Is your company remote-first? Don't assume you can operate like other distributed organizations. Define your unique strategy and reap the rewards. #HybridWork #RemoteStrategy

A toxic culture in the office will stay toxic remotely. Changing the location won’t change the outcome—only leadership will.

#remotework

I'm going to need all my Gen Xers to go right now to your Docs settings and switch your format to pageless.

Yes by default.

No bro, nobody wants to see your page breaks and like, little tiny text in the footer.

No dude I'm serious. They're not gonna print it, buddy.

Great communication makes work frictionless. And when work is enjoyable, people stay.

Remote work doesn't make collaboration harder - it exposes bad habits. The real mission is creating the structures that make collaboration seamless, regardless of distance.

Leaders often underestimate the impact of unclear expectations. For remote teams, confusion isn’t just inefficient—it’s destructive.

#remotework

I remember once a startup I worked at hired an ergonomics consultant to fix our posture and they spent the whole day taking measurements and judging us and then they left the profession and we never got any recommendations.

just a pile of shrimps shipping features to millions of users.

Communication is the primer for culture.
Without effective communication, culture work won’t stick.

What are your thoughts on async video messages? I know they're becoming the norm at many remote-first companies, but personally, I hate watching a 3-minute video when a quick note would have done the job.

#asyncwork

To build an effective remote-first operating model, start with why – "JJ" Jessica Reeder To be successful in running a distributed company, you need more than a transformation plan. You need a model that connects company strategy to distributed work, and transfers agency to individuals,…

In-person moments for remote-first teams are crucial, but don't neglect culture-building in the day-to-day. Keep the global team spirit alive by weaving connectedness into all parts of the employee experience. #TeamBuilding #RemoteCulture

Not all philosophy majors, but certainly some, only studied philosophy because they like to come up with contorted rationalizations so they can always be right and do whatever they want.

Honestly don’t give more of this training to people who lack moral instincts.

The year is 2025 and office vacancies just hit a record high. Bosses can talk big about RTO, but the bottom line is more of them are letting go of their offices.

Office vacancies hit a record high despite RTO push Some firms have called workers back without having enough office space for them.

US office vacancies hit a record high last year: 20.4% of office space in the top 50 metro areas is now empty. How much is this driving return-to-office #RTO mandates? #FutureOfWork #RemoteWork

www.axios.com/2025/01/10/o...

Democracy Fades to Black

Ah the Elon strategy

i mean,,, yes? that is usually what it entails

This is why I just spent 5 minutes putting on extra layers so I can go breathe the 24-degree (-4 C) air for 30 minutes. It’s worth the effort on almost any day.

We'll never get another like him.

Return to office mandates for tech work are largely to satisfy:

1) organizations that don’t know how to evolve or manage effectively.

2) senior workers who made a career out of looking busy rather than actually working.

Those guys were anarchists

“How AI is adopted in the workplace matters. We need to consider the types of tasks it takes over, whether it is human-centric in design and whether it promotes meaningful work.”

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Please don’t say this. I’m trying to pretend the world is just naturally a little fuzzy.

Honestly? This is the tech industry reaching its full, bloated maturity. Like media and publishing before it, tech is now big enough that certain corporations are required to play craven in order to maintain their level of scale.

I also see the preemptive layoffs, just in case 👀

WHAT does a “screaming peasants” pattern look like??

The mythical white lady with 3B hair

I took a social media break, did anything happen? Seems like no news since mid-December right? 👍

The rise in WFH productivity boosts demand for housing, driving up prices. But workers in jobs that can’t be done remotely don’t see the same benefits. Higher housing costs hit them harder, reducing their welfare.