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I came across an article by Matt Mullenweg about what he calls the Five Levels of Autonomy. It is an interesting article which is worth reading at length, but in brief the five levels are:
- Level Zero autonomy is a job which cannot be done unless you’re physically there
- Level One autonomy where the work isn’t remote-friendly
- Level Two where work is enabled remotely, for a while, but not intended as a long term solution.
- Level Three sees increased benefit from a remote work scenario and accrued social benefits kick in for a worker (e.g. doing homework with the kids because you aren’t in the office)
- Level Four is where work output is judged on what is produced, not hours in the office and real-time meetings are treated with increased respect
- Level Five is Nirvana: when work is performed at a higher level than it ever could be in an office