Opinion

February 3, 2021

Remote work: HR nightmare?

How much should you pay remote workers?


Nicolas Colin

5 min read

The rise of remote working was well underway pre-pandemic, but the Covid-19 rampage has contributed a great deal to accelerating the trend. As Rodolphe Dutel, the founder of remote jobs platform Remotive, recently declared: “In three months, remote work jumped a decade forward”. 

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Nicolas Colin

Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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