This document discusses remote working and provides tips for making it a successful experience. It aims to dispel common myths about remote workers such as them being slackers, having to constantly prove they are working, or being available at all times of day. The document recommends overcommunicating, using tools like Google Calendar wisely, building trust with employers, and notes some rewards of remote working like flexibility and time to enjoy life. Communication, setting clear expectations, and finding a good work-life balance are presented as keys to remote success.
6. Your peers are not your guardian
Dispelling it and providing tips
If someone understands their work
goals and when it needs to be done
(deadline) and works regularly (status
update) then regardless of
their location they dont warrant a
slacker title regardless of where
they are located
Myths
6
Remote workers
are slackers
7. You are not supposed to work constantly
Dispelling it and providing tips
Figure out a routine for yourself
based on your deliverable and
deadline.
Talk with you manager and mentor for
expectations and deadline. So that
they dont feel the need to
micromanage.
Communication is the key
Myths
7
It is upto the
remote worker to
prove they are
working
constantly
8. Company culture can be more than co鍖ee
chats
Dispelling it and providing tips
Though coffee chats can be the
breeding ground for marvellous
ideas. They are not the only one.
Team outing at times and yearly all
hands provide wonderful team
building opportunity
Myths
8
Remote work
makes company
culture su鍖er
9. Its easy to blend personal and o鍖ce time
Dispelling it and providing tips
Its easy to assume that because
someone is always at home that
they are available to answer a
quick work question at any time.
Its not true.
Myths
9
Remote workers
are available all
times of a day