1. We can embrace the future
of work right now.
Nadia Udalova & Rayana Verissimo
Toptal Future of Work Series | March 10, 2020 @ Amsterdam

2. Nadia Udalova
UX Manager
@nudalova
Rayana Verissimo
Senior Product Designer
@rayana

3. We believe in a world where
everyone can contribute.
https://about.gitlab.com/company/strategy/#mission

5. 1,200+ members
67 countries
World's largest all-remote company
No head-quarters
No single office
Everyone is remote
https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/

6. https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/informal-communication/

7. "If you need to suddenly take care of your family
or friends, the flexibility to travel to them, move
to them, be there when they need you there.
And I think that's a really beautiful thing."
— Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab

8. We're nearing a tipping
point with all-remote.
Instead of remote teams having to justify why they
do it, it's going to be colocated companies having to
justify why they don't.
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/03/06/resources-for-companies-embracing-remote-
work/

9. https://about.gitlab.com/what-is-gitlab/

10. What is GitLab
Culture
Values
Why all remote is possible
Future of remote
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02
03
04
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11. What is GitLab?

12. GitLab is a complete open-source DevOps
platform, delivered as a single application.
https://www.about.gitlab.com

13. https://about.gitlab.com/stages-devops-lifecycle/

14. https://giphy.com/gifs/cbc-comedy-what-3o7btPCcdNniyf0ArS

15. Let’s bring it back to something
relatable: newspaper!

16. Newspaper article lifecycle
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/11/30/how-to-explain-gitlab-to-
anyone

17. This is exactly how GitLab works!
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/11/30/how-to-explain-gitlab-to-
anyone

18. GitLab is used by
more than 100,000
organizations around
the globe and has an
active community of
more than 2200
contributors.
https://about.gitlab.com/customers/

19. "At a certain point, we decided: OK, this
works. Almost nobody in the company wants
to come to the office because it's a waste of
time."
— Sid Sijbrandij, CEO of GitLab

20. https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/01/06/our-y-combinator-experience/

21. https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/contribute/

22. Working remotely or distributed
forces an organization to do a
few things different:
1. You can’t expect people to work at a
particular time, given people are likely
to be in a different timezone. Working
asynchronously is necessary to
function.
2. Information can’t only exist in the
heads of people: the person you need
might be asleep! You have to write
everything down.
https://www.jobvandervoort.com/blog/next/

23. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtZ0sc1HHNtGGWZFDRTh5A

24. https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/

25. We continuously adjust our
values and strive to make them
better.

26. Collaboration
Results
Efficiency
Diversity
Iteration
Transparency

27. Collaboration: Share information publicly
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#share

28. Collaboration: Get to know each other
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#get-to-know-each-other

29. Collaboration: Ask Me Anything with CEO
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#collaboration

30. Results: Dogfooding
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#dogfooding

31. Results: Measure results, not hours
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#measure-results-not-hours

32. Transparency: Transparency is only a
value if you do it when it is hard
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency-is-only-a-value-if-you-do-it-when-it-is-hard
GIT
happens

33. Efficiency: Boring solutions
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#boring-solutions

34. All-remote work
wouldn't be possible
without the constant
evolution of
technology.
https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-
remote/vision/#why-is-this-possible-now
● Faster internet everywhere
● Video call software
● Mobile technology
● Messaging apps
● English proficiency
● Increasing traffic congestion
● More demand for work-life
balance

35. The new era of all-remote work
revolves around transparency,
values, and innovation.

37. https://gitlab.com/rayana/public-speaking/-
/tree/master/talks/2020-toptal-future-of-work
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/
This presentation is open-source

38. Join the GitLab adventure
nudalova@gitlab.com | rverissimo@gitlab.com
Toptal Future of Work Series | March 10, 2020 @ Amsterdam
https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/
https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/