However things are slowly getting back to normal, it has been made clear that not everything were rainbows and unicorns — some things are easier and bring advantages to your own life but a lot of us faced some issues in staying productive when away from our teams.
Today, we decided to ask the members of our community about their experiences while working from home.
David
I have been working for a long time in remote mode (long before the Covid-19) and all my friends were always saying to me “you are so lucky, I wish I could work from home too”. Between the lines I know some of them were thinking: “work at home, do nothing, what a dream for anyone, right?” Wrong!
I always said that working in remote mode is not for everyone and now I am sure that most people felt what it really is to work remote. That said, here I leave some points on the dark side of the remote.
Confusing schedules
Your place of work is your home, but that does not mean that you will always be available to work. It is important to continue to have routines and schedules as there is in a normal office, otherwise what will happen is that your life becomes your work 24/7 and obviously this is not healthy.
Working on pyjamas
There is a no bigger mistake than working in pyjamas. At first, it is funny and it feels good, but if we lose too much of the routines that make us active before working — like showering, dressing, having breakfast, etc — we easily lose that energy to work.
Forgetting to take breaks
I don’t have kids or big distractions at home and one of the things I have to pay close attention to is that I can stay so focused on work that I forget to take breaks.
Maintaining social contact
Use and abuse communication tools to get closer to the team. Slack, Teams, whatever. It is important to continue to have some team dynamics, the antics, the gifs, otherwise what happens is that you can isolate yourself too much and start to become unmotivated.
Being disciplined
If you are not minimally organized and proactive you will suffer from the remote. You can’t wait for people to do things for you. If you don’t have a task, find the person in charge and let them know.
For example, if you are not organized with your work and the way you deliver it, the person who will receive it will suffer and the project itself will suffer. You have to think that you’re not going to be there to explain things in person. The level of demand has to be higher to overcome the distance barrier.
Carlos
Challenges:
- Having a source of information and gaining visibility to be up to date regarding projects, updates, office changes, etc
- Being in the top of processes, owning meetings and expressing myself remotely without strong visual and body-language support
Tips:
- Learn how to organize better
- Over-communicate —be always open to talk
- Increase efficiency and reduce the number of attendees in meetings
- Provide visibility of your work
- Find moments in which you are focused on your tasks: divide moments and conquer!
We hope you are safe and sound and these insights can help you organising your routine better!
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