But soon, they’ll be spread across many more locations and timezones. Right now, your team may mostly be based in one place. In this section, you’ll find ways to own your workweek, so it doesn’t own you. With everyone working more flexibly across timezones, the temptation to check Slack at all hours will be even greater-so you’ll need to be thoughtful about how you manage your time. An always-on work culture, where technology pings us all day and night, plays a role in this. The WHO has called workplace stress the health epidemic of the 21st century.
We wrote some principles based on our experiences so far and and included resources about adapting to Virtual First work. This is new to us and we’re still learning how to do it well. At Dropbox, we’re going Virtual First, which means we’ll be mostly distributed with in-person gatherings for team collaboration (once it’s safe to do so).
The rules and expectations around when, where, and how work happens are all in flux.
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