"My new team has a completely flexible work-location approach. There is an office, and we can come in if we want to. But there's no requirement or badge-swiping. Those of us who are local also collaborate daily with colleagues in drastically different time zones-Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC). So our overall team is distributed enough that in-person work can't be our organizing religion."
"I'm seeing that when location is genuinely a choice, people start building rituals. There's a weekly team meeting for which many people choose to be in the office. There are social opportunities like an annual holiday party and happy hours. And the office itself is an uplifting, interactive place where dogs are allowed, there's a bar in the kitchen area, and people play music throughout the day."
A team operates with a fully flexible work-location approach: an office exists but there are no badge-swiping requirements. Local teammates collaborate daily with colleagues across EMEA and APAC, producing a distributed team for which in-person work cannot be the organizing principle. When location is genuinely optional, people build rituals such as weekly meetings that many choose to attend, plus social events like holiday parties and happy hours. The office atmosphere is uplifting and interactive, with dogs allowed, a bar in the kitchen, and music during the day, and attendance patterns vary by individual preference.
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