Already for about 3 years, Creact has collaborators who work remotely and promotes flexible work, compatibly with deadlines and delivery times.
Veronica Gilrane, who works for Google as People Analytics Manager, shared an interesting research on the company’s official blog. In this research, called Working together when we’re not together, the quality of the performances is analyzed in relation to the way of working, and the following results emerged.
No differences in performance or career advancement were identified for individuals and teams whose work requires collaboration with colleagues from around the world, compared to those of collaborators who spend most of the day working with colleagues in the same office.
Well-being standards appear to be equally uniform: Googlers who are not on-site find ways to balance work and private life, giving priority to important rituals such as healthy night sleep and exercise just like team members who are not distributed.
On the other hand, a disadvantage is the amount of organization needed to arrange a video chat when you are on different time zones: it certainly requires much more use of energy than organizing a face-to-face meeting over coffee.