Working successfully outside the cube

John Mertic

Who Am I?

John Mertic Contact Info

http://jmertic.wordpress.com

Twitter: @jmertic jmertic@sugarcrm.co

m ( SugarCRM )

jmertic@php.net ( PHP )

Community Manager for SugarCRM http://www.sugarcrm.

com http://www.sugarforg

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@sugarcrmdev

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Why Would You Want To Do This?

Avoid the commute

Help focus better

Freedom of where to work

Why Hire Remote?

Cost savings

Expand your talent pool

Get better results from employees

How to #win at this?

Great working environment

Good mentoring

Have fun together

How to #fail at this.

Lack of Motivation

Communication Breakdown

Bad office relationships

Lack of work/life balance

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