What a Remote-First Company Taught Me That No Business School Ever Could

What a Remote-First Company Taught Me That No Business School Ever Could

MailerLite had been building a remote-first culture since 2014. Not because a pandemic forced them to — because their founders believed, deliberately and philosophically, that the office is not where the best work happens. By the time I joined as a Customer Support Manager, this wasn’t a policy on an HR page.

It was the air across 40+ countries where the team was scattered, working asynchronously, without anyone looking over anyone’s shoulder.

Here’s what that experience rewired in me — and what I’ve been building with ever since.