Topic: How to be more effective working remotely. - page 3. (Read 4096 times)

   Working remotely can be a great way to increase flexibility and productivity, but it can also come with its own set of challenges. I learnt a few things from working remotely over the period of time. Tuck your phone away, preferably out of sight. You don't have a supervisor staring over you or regulating you so it's crucial you don't allow these things to distract you. I have time limits on social media and I have a customized “do not disturb" setting where only my kids and wife can reach me.
  Create a designated period to check emails and other communications from team members and supervisors. You should have a designated time to check correspondence unless that is your specific job. Usually every 1–2 hours I will check any correspondence. My supervisor doesn't micromanage but you may have one that does. Make sure you communicate and understand your expectations for communication. Remote work gives you the freedom to have a healthy work-life balance, but also the opportunity to be your most productive self.

As someone who has been working from home for the last two and a half years, I think I have a more productive work performance due to this. In particular, I don't need to wake up earlier every morning for go to the office and sleeping more by saving on the preparation process and similar processes allows me to start the day more energetically. Additionally, as a smoker I don't have any problems due to nicotine deficiency since I smoke during working hours. On the other hand, being more comfortable in terms of clothing at home and being able to handle some household chores when the work volume is low is definitely a huge advantage for me. So, while all these advantages actually make me feel more comfortable as an individual, how do they increase my work performance? Actually the answer is quite simple;

The comfort of not being in the office environment during working hours, the peace and happiness of working from home, the comfort of working from home and various other reasons help me focus on my work more efficiently and this way I show the best performance I can. In summary, I think that working from home is a working style that helps increase the productivity of many staff as it has various positive effects on the individual. Of course, the advantages of working from home are not misused by malicious people.

I agree, it's more of a privilege these days because there are companies that have allowed their employees to work remote due to the pandemic.
But then, they realize that it's still best to go in an office setup for them to have network and see their employees face to face. Those that are used to WFH setup, won't go back to the former setup and that's why if you're in a company that allows WFH, that's a privilege and luxury.

I get what you're saying about remote workers often being super motivated go-getters who can roll with the punches when it comes to figuring out new tech and working solo.  They usually have a solid history of kicking butt on projects and can still give clear instructions and lead even without being in the same physical space and 

having the option to work remote can be clutch for companies that want to bring on and keep ace talent on board.  It gives the employees way more freedom and independence to structure their days.  It's also just cheaper for the employers since they don't gotta shell out as much money on fancy office spaces and other random expenses that come with having everyone together under one roof.

We arent on a pandemic now so this kind of concern would really be that least not that in consideration but if these things turns out to be that again to come out specially on having pandemic situation
then having a remote work or WFH would really be that recommended and suggested and this is something that would really be very relevant in speaking about your own safety since you wouldnt really be
that exposed from other people. The pros on working remotely is that you would really be that working in the convenience of your own home.You wont really be needing to face up that
traffic on everyday plus you are really that being together if ever you do have your family.

Nothing beats out on having that kind of good feeling on which while you work you can see your family at the same time. Efficiency of work output
will really be just that still the same with those people who are in concern about into this regard. Making up some deadlines and other work
that you would be needing to finish wont really be that much of an issue.

Mostly the users which have their plans can work remotely, if a person is working through its plans and he know how to achieve the target he had given to himself or somehow he had given that challenge or target by the society then surely he have to learn more valuable things in some days.

Also the person should be passed by many of his present difficult situations. Why not the person is taking care of his plans in order to achieve the success unless or until he is stuck by some hard hits.

^ It's best if they joggle so that one will not be so isolated from their officemates for the whole duration of lockdown. I think this thread resurfacing again is very timely.

While the work-from-home staff gets lazy in cooking their food, they could just order food like pizza. The comfort of working from home I think is still worth more than having to travel and risk every day with the life-threatening virus.

Indeed, not every staff is allowed to work from home, but that doesn't mean they're smarter than those who visit the office first thing in the morning. The company also demands punctuality from the staff who work in their houses. Most times they work harder than some staff in the office, due to the complications involved with working at home. Distractions do occur, kids running around the environment, roommates trying to engage in a conversation, and environmental noises. Which distractions, alters the concentration one thinks he'll get while working from home. And if the problem is not sorted out, the worker might experience lesser productivity working in the comfort of his home. Similar things also happen in the office environment, having colleagues checking up on you, and coming to your desk to discuss and seek help. A person who performs well by completing his daily tasks in the office will do a great job while working from home. If he maintains the same discipline of managing distractions.

The pictorial atmosphere of escaping the rigorous stress that has to do with traffic jams and car breakdowns while on our way to the office and back home boosts the idea of working from home for almost every staff. But, once the structural design of fixing our environment to be work conducive, is missed. The whole idea gets difficult and the person seems to experience more difficulty working from home than in the office. There are hundreds of advice for dealing with the challenges of working from home, which Op stressed out in this thread, about being prepared to work and positioning our brain like we're going to work in the office. However, the loneliness of not chatting physically with colleagues can lead to boredom. The best of it is making sure the work doesn't get pilled up such that we now miss out on our daily life after work. The luxury of working at home has made workers work overtime and helps single people with no kids or roommate, isolate themselves from society, derailing productivity.

Some challenges also affect productivity; and difficulty in cooking quality foods. Junk foods are common for such workers, as their time isn't scheduled anymore. They can end or begin the day at any time. Missing out on their targets, and carrying it over to the next day can be quite hectic, and the person wouldn't focus more on cooking good food or taking a break to visit an eatery. Hence, they usually fall back on preserved foods, which easily affects their productivity, just to reckon back to the hefty duties that await them. It never gets easy, working anywhere, especially around people who don't do similar work. There's a reason why offices were made, for people to focus and be monitored by their bosses. It's still okay, to work outside our homes, maybe in a favorable coffee shop or shared office spaces, to reach the peak of productivity. I've seen many workers in this category, who still complain about the stress that accompanies working from home. That's why some offices joggle it for staff, sometimes home workers will be invited to come work in the office.

In fact, working in the office or at home both have different levels of freedom, for example your freedom when you work in your own home without a boss beside you or away from the supervision of your own boss. Meanwhile, those who work in the office and away from home also have freedom in certain sectors, such as being away from their partner or children, which in general can also be an obstacle to working when they don't want to play outside the house. But you will not be free from being monitored by your own boss when you are in the office.

I also often find people like that in my life where they often leave home to work and give directions to other workers in the office or at certain companies. Usually such people are people who have important positions in a company or office so they spend more time traveling than in their office. However, we also have to be more aware that not everyone can be like that, so we have to look at a more general sector in matters like this so that the understanding can be clearer.

In this era, the more valuable thing in work is time other than our own energy and thoughts. Because if we are able to use less time to complete more work by relying on technology and other supporting devices for a lot of work, I think people who can do that are very smart and extraordinary people. Because when there is more free time, it will certainly be easier for us to use that time for other work. So no time can be wasted even if we just do it from our own home in better ways and also make it easier for us to do it.

Someone who has a job of course they have to be responsible for the work they have, because it is clear that they work there so they should be responsible for their work, if they are not responsible it is better from the start not to work. And also when they don't have a job it should be as a man must have a job because basically many things must be his responsibility. As a man, it is certain that they have responsibilities not married or already they still have their responsibilities This cannot be hidden even not only men, women also have responsibility for their work, because there are also women who focus on their careers so they must be fully responsible for their work or career.

Many people waste their working time because they are bored with their jobs and maybe they are looking for other things that can make them happy even though it is risky, maybe there are people who are bored with their jobs and look for other things as an outlet, but there are also people who run other things that have an impact on their main job or ignore their jobs, well here they have lost responsibility even though it is relatively small. My advice is that if they are bored with their main job, it is better to ask for a day off to find new things or take a little vacation outside of work, and return after the day off is over. Maybe this is more effective than looking for new things during working hours that make the main work disturbed, after all only a fool who ignores the work he has, there is no way we want to lose what we already have, and if you already have a job it's better to keep it better can be promoted. So if people have a good mindset, in my opinion they will take responsibility for everything that should be their responsibility, because they have a good mindset so there is no way they will take off their responsibilities that have become their own obligations.

being able to control remote work is commonplace in the current era, because of the limitations of distance and time, this is an effective way to control it. especially during the recent pandemic, many people also worked from home, they communicated with each other long distance, but also still produced. Therefore, we should always be able to adapt to developments over time so that we can use them well to support our activities.

  Those who work remotely are usually people who are selected and have a high work track record and are able to adapt to current technological developments and are used to it. His duties are usually special, for example providing clear direction regarding decision making by presenting data and facts if at any time he cannot be present at work.

The pandemic gave a lot of opportunities for people to explore possible sources of income online with the use of the internet. I just believe that some people perform best when they are in their comfort zone, as they don't have the pressure to meet the expectations of anyone else in the field since they are working from home where they can just submit their tasks.

Some companies allow people to be free from the rest of their time once they finish all the tasks given to them, so what you have mentioned is going skating or golf every day.
But yeah, I agree that once you are distracted it might as well impact your work that is why there's still some work that is mandatory to work in the field to avoid this kind of scenario.

This is the dream job that I am looking for because we can organize work according to ourselves even though the company gives targets and does not necessarily have freedom for its workers. Remote work only started to grow after Covid-19 and especially in my country, this has only just developed and been introduced generally because of face-to-face restrictions at that time. Of course there are positive and negative values associated with working remotely and it depends on what kind of work you are in.

If anyone says that the success rate using remote work patterns is small then I am sure they do not understand the sophistication of technology, unless work cannot be done remotely. I prefer to work like this compared to having to go to the office in the morning and come home at night because our freedom is much greater and it's just a matter of taste for freedom at work.

Working from home was the best thing that came out of covid. Honestly wfh is more of a luxury nowadays I feel like. If you work from home then you best be a top performer or have merit to be working from home otherwise get yourself back in that office and earn it. Working from home is lazy half assed work. If I wanted to I could work from my home do all my work in the morning skate by and go play a round of golf every day but that's dishonest to my work and would take away from future success that could otherwise be attained. Don't get me wrong Working from home is great but you have to be focused without distraction and actually be working lol

As said work and personal life balance is a must. Based on the senior colleague sometimes this gets disturbed, just because we work remotely. This needs to be avoided, work from home have made some seniors and leads think that we're working 24x7 for the company. Works were assigned irrespective of time and situation. Sometimes we were in a pressure to do it, if it was in the office we could've winded up during the office hours and we never think of work for the rest of the day. This kind of situations needs to be understood by the higher authorities and assign tasks.

To me, i see working remotely as an opportunity, some are looking for it but couldn't because they never see one, it also depends on the work nature that we do, what are we offering that make demands on making the production in the remote areas ad selling out in the urban areas, but the best of it all is for someone to independently engage into working on our own being self employed, work remotely and sell in the developed city.

It really don’t go beyond this for shorts.
Most people see working remotely for something they could just do anytime they fell they’ve got time on them, not quantifying how much time they need to put in or the amount of job they’ve got to do within a given time frame but instead, work as they please.
Remote jobs and working remotely isn’t defined by the length of freewill you’ve got about the job. It’s simply you have to work from home but, the timing about these could be defined as well as, how much work you need to archive within a period.
Archiving your work goals everyday will always come with certain working principles been set and to ensure you get the consciousness of being in a working condition when you’re good to be about your job. This you would archive by actually, being official by some means in dressing and working space as related to the job.
It doesn’t very much permit for any laxity in your work schedules.

It seems very boring because I personally am a worker in a circle of many people and always come face to face with many customers where I work and it will be more fun because we can find new friends or many new things when we serve many people. Well, talking about your job, maybe it's also exciting for you because you work at home and aren't too busy with other different things like jobs outside like shop employees or company sales. But yes, the feeling of boredom from working remotely will indeed fill our minds and get bored from hour to hour, but personally sometimes it is more comfortable and it all depends on each individual.

Indeed, there are many people out there who hope for a more relaxed job or work remotely with a fairly high income and many of them don't have that opportunity. Therefore, you may be lucky to be able to work full time remotely and your body is not too tired and that is an advantage that workers as shop employees or casual workers may not have.

I could somewhat attest to this on which there are really moments that you do make yourself already get bored when facing up into your pc monitor all day and missing out that kind of interactive approach with other people on which i can say that it is really that pretty boring on having this kind of work set up or working from home.Yes, you could be having the convenience and the comfort on working in your own home but there are really
times that we are really that finding or looking for something specially on having that seeking of ambiance on a real work place in together with other workers as well.

It would always matter on your preference though because there are people who are introverted on which they do love on working alone and doesnt really like to socialize with other people.
There are really just to those people who are really that kind of type and this is why we cant really blame out on why there are people who do really love on
working on their own home and there are ones who do really love on doing it physically or going into offices.