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Yeah, at our current size + team composition we don't feel like we have the knowledge/experience to do remote work well. With that informing our decision making, we've decided to prioritize other things (that have different tradeoffs).

I think as we keep growing this will definitely change. Would love to learn from someone like you who's obviously been super successful at doing remote well :)

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My $.02 is that being successful with remote workers is a management problem. If you're a good manager and you hire well, you'll have few problems.

This coming from a guy who worked from home for most of the past ten years, remotely managing a group of 100+ who were located in ten different time zones (including, but not limited to the US, Scotland, Hungary, India, Singapore, China, Mexico and Brazil).

Constant, clear communications and a stated set of mid- and long-term coals is absolutely critical. Get the team aligned, organize your product development, and ensure a consistent, timely feedback loop and you'll be ok. Also, make sure you get all the key players physically together at least 2-4 times per year.

You might be overthinking how hard it is to allow remote work.

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