Analyzing tech trends is one of the best ways to spot the next big startup.
This week, we’re profiling remote work.
Even before the 2020 pandemic, remote work as a market was already growing significantly. With the recent advancements in high-resolution digital communication (i.e. Orbital, Zoom), new collaboration tools (i.e. Loom, Slack), and remote employee happiness products (i.e. Galaxy, Kona), there are numerous products that are trying, and successfully making, remote work feasible for large and small companies alike.
tl;dr is, remote work is here to stay and it’s growing faster than ever. One could say that … remote work is on an “Orbital trajectory” 😉.
🪐 A word from this week’s Remote Work supporter …
Orbital bridges the gaps in remote work by creating virtual remote workspaces, called galaxies, where teams can hold unlimited conversations through avatars and collaborative tools.
They provide integrations with Spotify, whiteboards, broadcasts, and more to make for a seamless remote collaboration experience.
A couple interesting statistics that prove that remote work is the future:
36.2 million Americans are projected to work remote by 2025 - There are 16.8 million remote workers pre-COVID. With more and more companies adopting remote work, this seems like a reasonable prediction. (1)
~50% of Americans claim they will quit if not allowed to work remote - This is not surprising. Remote work afford a lot of flexibility for parents, freelancers, digital nomads, and folks who love to travel. A non-remote friendly workplace will automatically be a turn-off for many future emplyoees. (2)
Remote employees save, on average, 50 minutes per day - Commute takes a long time! If an employee can work remote from home, or a location close to their homebase, they can easily save hours of time spent in the car or public transit. This in turn would boost happiness. (3)
⚙️ 5 Interesting Remote Work Tools
🪐 Orbital - Orbital gives remote employees access to custom and interactive digital spaces called “galaxies”. Orbital spaces are always ready - pop into a meeting, jump on a quick chats, visit the open-door office hours, or co-work with colleagues throughout the day. (Sponsored)
🐶 Kona - Lead your remote team with empathy. Fight team burnout before it starts through regular psychological and safety and team well-being trackers that are directly integrated into your internal communication tool (Slack, Google Chat, etc). Kona was DailyDropout.FYI Drop #4.
🏝 RemoteOK.io - Find the perfect remote job for you, anywhere, anytime! Thousands of companies post their remote friendly jobs on RemoteOK to find the top remote talent around the world.
✈️ NomadList - Nomad list is a community of 30,000+ remote workers who live around the world. They crowd source information about the different qualities of various remote working locations. Lisbon, Cape Town, Argentina, New York, Japan - all places are covered!
🏠 WorkFrom - WorkFrom makes it easier to do what you love from anywhere. Create new virtual spaces and customize it to your liking. 16k+ community vetted cafes, co-working spaces, and more on their platform.
