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Best Work Life - Blog by the team at Float

We’re a fully remote team working async around the world. Learn the tools, processes, and culture that enables us to be productive and live our best work life.

10 min read

Building Trust and Rapport as a New Manager in a Remote Async Team

Here's how I approached building trust for a team of 10+ engineers working fully remote across eight time zones.

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  • By Colin Ross

    Director of Engineering

6 min read

Keeping the Trust Battery Charged in Remote Teams

When you're working fully remote and async, keeping the trust battery charged is as critical as it is challenging.

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  • By Kristen Leonard

    Former Customer Success Lead

9 min read

How We Onboard New Team Members Remotely and Async

By the eighth week of onboarding, we see team members settled and confident enough to ask questions, make suggestions, and show their personality on Slack—a people ops dream!

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  • By Linda Biggs

    Talent Partner

7 min read

Building a Brand That Represents Your Values

Values give your brand a purpose and when you get it right, it serves as both the foundation and inspiration for your decision-making.

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  • By Siobhan Hayes

    Director of Marketing

4 min read

Why We Stopped Checking References For New Hires

When we analyzed the results of our last hires, none were impacted by a reference check. So we've started a different conversation.

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  • By Glenn Rogers

    CEO & Co-Founder

5 min read

How To Build Culture in a Fully Distributed Remote Team

We're passionate about raising the bar when it comes to supporting our team to live their best work life and building a culture that rallies around that idea.

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  • By Georgie Roberts

    Director of Operations

7 min read

How We Use Code Sharing To Make Feature Development Easier

It might seem tricky to find sharable places and align different technologies, but the advantages are worth it.

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  • By Artem Yavorsky

    Former Senior Application Engineer

4 min read

Why We List Salaries for Open Roles at Float

Trust starts in the recruitment process, which is why we're open about salary and benefits from the get-go.

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  • By Linda Biggs

    Talent Partner

6 min read

Achieving SOC2 Compliance as a Fully Remote Organization

We're officially SOC2 Type 1 compliant. Find out what it took for us to reach this milestone.

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  • By Chris Nash

    Senior DevOps Engineer

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