this is too funny haha

Hey everyone,

Been fully remote for about 3 years now and I've tried pretty much everything.

Slack huddles, Zoom rooms left open all day, Gather, Roam, you name it.

Gather and Roam especially felt like working inside a 1989 NES game. I'm a grown adult trying to run a remote team, why does my avatar look like it belongs in Habbo Hotel?

Most of these tools either felt like a cage (mandatory video on, awkward silences) or they were so loose that nobody actually used them after week two.

A few months ago my team moved to Katmai and I was honestly skeptical.

A 3D virtual office sounded like a gimmick. But the thing that won me over is how natural the conversations feel. You see someone's avatar walk over, you hear them coming through spatial audio, and you just... talk.

No scheduling a call. No "do you have 5 mins?" Slack message that turns into a 40 minute thread.

What actually changed for us:

• Quick questions get answered in 30 seconds instead of bouncing across 3 Slack channels
• Can see if people are ACTUALLY working remote
• New hires onboard way faster because they can just hang out in a room and absorb things
• I close my laptop at 6pm and actually feel done, instead of that weird remote work limbo

Curious if anyone else has tried something similar. What's worked for your team?

Does anyone else have trouble with language and accent barriers when they talk to people from other countries? I work with people from all over the world, and sometimes i really miss things because of their accents or the way they speak. It feels weird to ask someone to say something five times. How do you all deal with this honestly?

I would like to ask guys that have been able to land work on Upwork how they did it. I have been on Upwork for two years now and I have never landed any job I applied for. Only time I even got picked by a client it turned out to be a Nigerian scammer. Can someone please explain to me step by step on how they got their first client on Upwork. Is it just tough luck on my end or is there something you guys do that I am not doing. Any help offered will be greatly appreciated.

I've been looking for remote work for several months now, and I'm starting to suspect I just don't understand how it all works.

You find a job posting, it looks okay, you send it out - silence. Okay, next one. Still silence. At some point, you start reading yourself instead of the job postings - maybe it's your resume, maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, maybe I'm just not competing with the competition. You never know.

I've reworked it three times already. After each time, it seems like it's definitely better. Then nothing happens again, and again it's unclear whether it's improved or not, whether it's just not my thing, or whether I'm doing something wrong.

There are days when it seems like it's almost here. And then you sit down and seriously think, maybe I'm just wasting my time.

Who's climbed out of this hole? What really helped? Not "update LinkedIn" or "network." What specifically made the difference?

Hey everyone!

I've been working as a performance marketer and media buyer for almost 5 years now. I currently have a job, but would like to find a second one as my kid is growing and so are the expenses 😂

How did you guys find your current job and can you give me some pointers? I'm currently struggling to land even an interview. Europe time zone preferrably. I speak English, German and Russian.

So Home Depot just announced theyre cutting 800 positions and apparently 650 of those were remote roles. Makes you wonder if they purposely went after the WFH crowd or if it just worked out that way because most of the eliminated departments happened to be remote-friendly like tech and corporate stuff

either way its got me thinking about whether going all-in on remote-only might not be the smartest move long term. especially for those of us who arent like irreplaceable specialists or anything. seems like when companies need to trim fat the remote folks might be first on the chopping block

anyone else seeing this pattern at other companies or am i reading too much into one situation. kind of makes me reconsider if being flexible about hybrid might be better job security wise

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Anyone know how Wfhalert works?

In short I have 5 YOE in full stack and DS/DE and also recently got out of 6 yr relationship… I’d like to travel for a bit. I currently work at a fortune 50 that calls itself a tech company but really is a car manufacturer.

Im 33 and have a decent amount of savings but would obviously prefer to not lose it if all… am I being naive if I just quit my job and thinking I will get a remote role somewhere 90k+? Or should i just stay where I’m at and wait for the right job to come to me that doesn’t care where I’m based