For episode 8, we met with Matt Davey of 1Password, a favorite app of the Remote Work Podacast team. Matt is the COO (Chief Operations Optimist) of the all-remote security company that’s been in operation for over a decade. Job and Matt discuss 1Password’s unique history with family plans, their unique culture (including their creative business titles), and the merits (or lack thereof) of video calls.

On this episode, we’re joined by Michael Leibovich, Vice President of Marketing and Growth at Abstract. A remote-first company, Abstract employs nearly 100 employees throughout the U.S., and roughly 70% of them work remotely. Part of what makes the company’s remote-work philosophy unique, however, is their focus on expanding on and fostering company diversity and talent. Join us as Job and Michael dive deeper into that motivation as well as Abstract’s approach to building a strong team dynamic and finding ways to bond with your remote coworkers.

This week, we’re joined by Netguru executive chairman and co-founder Wiktor Schmidt. For more than a decade, Netguru has built an incredible portfolio of products for organizations across many diverse industries.

Jenny Shen is a Remote UX/product designer, strategist, speaker, consultant and mentor. She joined me to talk about working across countries as a designer.

Brendan O’Leary is Manager, Professional Services at GitLab and has a house full of kids. He’s also an incredibly enthusiastic, kind and smart guy. It was a pleasure to speak with him about his job, life and some of the challenges of remote work he has faced. Hope you enjoy our conversation.

Liam Martin joins Job to discuss his companies that help organisations embrace remote working and how you can measure productivity (remote or not).

In the second episode of the Remote Work Podcast, Pedro Moreira da Silva joins me to discuss what it's like working remotely as a designer.

In the very first episode of the Remote Work Podcast, Carla and Job discuss what remote working means to them and why it's so important.