One of the less frequently talked about benefits of working in a remote team is that you have complete control over your workspace. In a traditional office space, you're forced to work in a one-size-fits-all environment, which is often suboptimal for everyone.

At Zapier, everyone creates their own workspace, and today we thought it would be fun to share. Here's a peek at the home offices or workspaces of some of the Zapier teammates. (Note: These aren't in any particular order. And some of us admit to cleaning off our desks before taking the photos.)

Adam DuVander, Developer Marketing (Portland, OR) Hoon Park, Customer Champion (Austin, TX) Bill Merrill, Product Engineer (Seattle, WA) Evan Danals, Tax Accountant (Atlanta, GA) Eileen Ruberto, UX Research Lead (Buffalo, NY) Matthew Guay, Senior Writer and Editor (Bangkok, Thailand) Read more about Matt's tools at The Sweet Setup

Carlin Sack, Partner Marketing Manager (Austin, Texas) Fokke Zandbergen, Support Engineer (Heerenveen, Netherlands) Brian Cooksey, Platform Engineering Lead (Columbia, MO) Bryan Helmig, Zapier Co-founder and CTO (Sunnyvale, CA) Christopher Peters (a.k.a., Statwonk), Data Scientist (Fairhope, AL) Craig Labenz, Product Engineer (Nomad/Grand Rapids, MI) Joe Stych, Product Marketing Manager (Minneapolis, MN) Justin Deal, Senior Frontend Engineer Lead (St. Louis, MO) Lindsay (Linds) Brand, Documentation Support Lead (Barcelona, Spain) Micah Bennett, Support Lead (St. Louis, MO) Rob Golding, Senior Product Engineer (Nottingham, UK) Kirk Godtfredsen, Customer Champion (Seattle, WA) Kim Kadiyala, Partnerships (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Erin Chock, Customer Champion (Portland, OR) Vicky Cassidy, Platform Lead (Madison, WI) Zen Ren, Platform Support Lead, and Zé João Proença, Partner Success Specialist (Austin, TX) Two workspaces in one!

Additional Thoughts

Fascinating to me is that all of us work great together. But if forced to be in an office with one another for 250 days a year, we might not like working with each other quite as much.

Working distributed thus helps everyone optimize their environment in a way that suites them best while not distracting others on the team.

See more team photos at #zapierlife on Instagram or learn the best way to set up your desk for ergonomics and productivity.
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