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One of my favorite topics these days is the future of office work. Not favorite as in this is going to be awesome, but favorite as in this is worth paying attention to.
With that said, Dropbox recently published a long blog post on their new Virtual First work policy which I’m still unpacking. Like many other tech companies of their size, Dropbox managed the transition to remote work much easier than other firms. Dropbox is also in a cohort of companies (Microsoft, Salesforce—looking right at you) that are set to make massive amounts of money from their customers not returning to their office.
Buried in Dropbox’s blog post is some interesting wording about “Non-Linear Workdays”:
We’re embracing what we call “non-linear workdays.” We’re setting core collaboration hours with overlap between time zones, and encouraging employees to design their own schedules beyond that. As our workforce grows more distributed, this will help balance collaboration with needs for individual focus. We want …
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