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Ask HN: What are some ways to build culture in a small, remote-only company?

by jasimq on 1/30/21, 4:23 AM with 8 comments

• by h2odragon on 1/30/21, 4:58 AM

  Do you really need to "build culture?" How about "do an honest job for honest pay and live your life outside work on your own"?

  "Build culture" sounds a lot like "lure people into working more for less compensation" anymore. With such limited interactions available, you just have to be your own culture.

• by PhillyG on 1/30/21, 9:19 AM

  You could write some pages on your website, about how you want the culture to be, what's important to you and what cultural things will make the company great. Then try to live all those things

• by aristofun on 1/30/21, 5:11 PM

  It always starts with screening people on the enter (who shares same values and culture).

  Some successful remote companies i know do regularly few days offline meetups, team buildings etc.

• by superbcarrot on 1/30/21, 11:31 AM

  Start with setting some standards about how people/teams/managers communicate and how decisions are made and stick to those standards.