It's amazing how reading your articles always makes me think deeper about stuff (and I always think deep).
The issues you put on the center of the discussion and your way of expressing things are relevant to how people think about things in this still not very established way of working: remote.
Regarding this specific article about public holidays, I have 3 comments (having had the experience of working in an office, remote and now as a freelance):
- I can't believe Canada has 5 (only five!) days, that's new and surprising information for me (I'm based in Argentina and we have an average of 20 days every year).
- I worked for a remote company and they gave us 8 days, and I suffered a lot because my husband worked for an Argentinian company and by the first half of the year he had enjoyed 10 days off due to public holidays while I'd been able to take only 3.
- I think that having people off while others are working is just part of being remote. If you're going to hire people all around the world (and enjoy all the benefits that we already know come with it), you need to also get used to the """"negative"""" things, like different public holidays. It happens with the yearly time off, too, so.....
Also, we know that remote work proposes a policy more based in objectives than in the hours you put, so I still think that having people take their public holidays while others are working, doesn't have a negative impact at all.
Also, my personal opinion is that North America has an exaggeratedly demanding way of working, which results in being extremely productive (but that also frequently leads to burnout), but again, that's my personal experience after having worked for a Canadian company with clients in the US. You people need to relax a little hahaha.
Always a pleasure to read you, Stefan! There's so much value in what you do, so thank you for that :).
It's amazing how reading your articles always makes me think deeper about stuff (and I always think deep).
The issues you put on the center of the discussion and your way of expressing things are relevant to how people think about things in this still not very established way of working: remote.
Regarding this specific article about public holidays, I have 3 comments (having had the experience of working in an office, remote and now as a freelance):
- I can't believe Canada has 5 (only five!) days, that's new and surprising information for me (I'm based in Argentina and we have an average of 20 days every year).
- I worked for a remote company and they gave us 8 days, and I suffered a lot because my husband worked for an Argentinian company and by the first half of the year he had enjoyed 10 days off due to public holidays while I'd been able to take only 3.
- I think that having people off while others are working is just part of being remote. If you're going to hire people all around the world (and enjoy all the benefits that we already know come with it), you need to also get used to the """"negative"""" things, like different public holidays. It happens with the yearly time off, too, so.....
Also, we know that remote work proposes a policy more based in objectives than in the hours you put, so I still think that having people take their public holidays while others are working, doesn't have a negative impact at all.
Also, my personal opinion is that North America has an exaggeratedly demanding way of working, which results in being extremely productive (but that also frequently leads to burnout), but again, that's my personal experience after having worked for a Canadian company with clients in the US. You people need to relax a little hahaha.
Always a pleasure to read you, Stefan! There's so much value in what you do, so thank you for that :).
Best,
Ayelén