Carlos Paniagua, founder and CTO of customer service platform Glia, has successfully scaled the company to more than 300 people since 2011. His team’s spread out, with roughly 16% working in offices located in Estonia, Vancouver and New York, 34% working flexibly and 50% working remotely. So, he knows a thing or two about creating smooth people operations. In Sifted's Startup Life newsletter, Paniagua gave us his top tips on the topic.
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