How to be more effective working remotely.

[Queentoshi]

Working remotely is now a common thing, and some persons may quickly choose that option of work if offered by a company. Working remotely can become as hectic even more as working in the office if care is not taken. Before sharing tips on how to effectively manage working remotely, some major disadvantages and problems this can cause are;

Distractions and lack of boundaries
Many people work from home because they want more time to spend on their hobbies or with their family. But the lack of a concrete boundary between work and home can lead to distractions such as interruptions by the kids or doing domestic chores during work time.
Knowing when to stop
As a remote worker, it can be difficult to know when to unplug and stop working, making work feel never-ending. In one study, 39% of remote workers reported working longer hours than they were supposed to.
Loneliness and isolation

To effectively combat those issues, here are some tips;

Find the right space
Whether it’s a room in your home, a shared workspace, or a favorite coffee shop, the environment matters when working remotely. Make sure temperature and noise levels are comfortable for you, you have plenty of space for your equipment, and it’s somewhere you’re not likely to be disturbed. Look for areas that offer natural light to help you feel energized.
Set a schedule
Working remotely often means more flexibility – so you might have more choice about when you do your tasks. But while this can be a very good thing, you might find that not having such strict deadlines means work bleeds into other areas of your life, which can be stressful. So it’s important to set yourself a schedule and stick to it as much as you can.
Get dressed
No, seriously. It may be tempting to work in your pajamas, but it won’t make you feel professional. And it’s not a good look on a video call. Clothes influence our mood and emotions, so wear something that makes you feel motivated, professional and confident. Getting dressed for work will also help you mark the distinction between work and home life, helping you switch off when the working day is over.
Plan breaks
With no prompts to take lunch and coffee breaks, remote workers can find whole days passing in front of a screen. Taking a break is energizing, especially if you can get outside, so set yourself a schedule and make sure every day features at least a walk around the block. If it’s not possible to go out, get some activity going indoors.
Communicate, communicate, communicate
Working remotely requires more communication – not less. Use instant messaging and group chat to stay in the loop with colleagues and projects, video call into meetings, and above all, check in with colleagues and managers.

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[Darker45]

Working from home has actually become a double-edged sword to a lot of workers. It would have been better if working from home remains to have fixed time setup. The problem is that there isn't to many workers. I have heard of complaints from teachers here in my place that working from home has actually made them a lot busier than it was when they worked at school. They're now heavily loaded that the time they're spending working has actually increased. So while you're working from the comforts of your home, it isn't a big deal since you're still too absorbed in your work.

[$anounimus$]

When you have to work from home, you may find it harder to be effective. At least have to agree that it's probably not the easiest lifestyle to live and accept where people won't care about your needs except ourselves. so, we must be careful to avoid friction and not belittle the environment in which we work so that we can be calm, and productive while doing activities even from a distance.

One thing that is very important make sure you prepare yourself with a fast Internet connection.

[Gozie51]

There are two aspect that I want to consider in the challenge of working remotely, yes you have mentioned communicate or communication but in the midst of that I'm looking at communication regarding internet connection since it is done remotely I assume it is also should be in remote area that lacks modern facilities and tops amongst that should be active internet connection. This will slow down the pace of work because bad internet connection is one hack of frustration in doing office work at home or remotely. For example during the covid-19 pandemic where people took their office jobs back home, the reviews were that the internet frustrated the pace of the job. Offices are located in the city and so the internet are better in such areas to compare remote places.

Supervisorship is another point. People tend to work better and produce better results when they are supervised and under controlled environment, so a remote worker apart from being lazy and distraction from family and children they are likely to yield result even when they are alone in the house and not disturbed.

[xSkylarx]

Find the right space
Whether it’s a room in your home, a shared workspace, or a favorite coffee shop, the environment matters when working remotely. Make sure temperature and noise levels are comfortable for you, you have plenty of space for your equipment, and it’s somewhere you’re not likely to be disturbed. Look for areas that offer natural light to help you feel energized.

Living alone on a rented house is becoming option for some remote workers now. Focusing to your work is really difficult to do at home because there are really some unwanted noise that you can't avoid from your neighbors or people living in the same house. Telling them to stop is not that easy because it will also make them uncomfortable at their own house.

Get dressed
No, seriously. It may be tempting to work in your pajamas, but it won’t make you feel professional. And it’s not a good look on a video call. Clothes influence our mood and emotions, so wear something that makes you feel motivated, professional and confident. Getting dressed for work will also help you mark the distinction between work and home life, helping you switch off when the working day is over.

Proper attire doesn't have anything to do with being motivated to work. Developing a proper discipline is a lot better to become an effective remote employee. Plus I don't think employees that work remotely will bother to get dressed properly, they will think that it will just give them extra laundry if they wear proper clothes. Remote workers usually just wear a proper clothes when they have an important meeting.

[Wapfika]

I’ve been working from home since the pandemic start and all I can say was working at home is surely more stressful and unproductive on my side because there’s a lot of distraction in my home compared when I’m working in my office. The time to start my work too is giving me hard time because it’s too hard for me to get up early morning to prepare for work in my own house without anyone who will monitor you.

I really appreciate the guidelines. I definitely try this pointers of yours.

[Ucy]

And it's important to be sure it's the kind of thing you can do, especially alone. I think works people do alone should be reserved mostly for quiet minds, the heads, leaders, etc.

It should be done with reasons like to enable you work without being restricted to one location/work... Which is more suitable for nomads

[traderethereum]

I think some of us are also still working remotely.
And to anticipate distractions when we work, we can communicate with family members that when we are in front of a computer or laptop, we ask them not to disturb us.
Maybe sometimes they will come up to us and have a chat but try to let them know that we are working.
After we work for a few hours, try to take a break to unwind and regroup with them while chatting.
If working remotely, we need to talk to other family members so there won't be any misunderstanding between us.

[so98nn]

Yeah work from home is some crazy stunt these  days. It’s like you are being forced to work at home, the place where you make memories with your loved ones, home is space where you get out of your daily routines and be comfortable. However these days peeps who work in IT sector are mostly being dragged away from the offices. The mindset changes heavily when you work at office, you are surrounded with like minded peeps who are focused on completing the work. Obviously there is also lot of fun at work but that’s with your colleagues and it’s another life really. Mixing with WFH has become tedious and monotonous too!

[Raflesia]

Remote work is now a trend, especially with restrictions due to the virus that attacks the term "work from home" as if it has become a routine for now.
I have now been working from home for the last few years especially during the lockdown period but indeed this has its real advantages and disadvantages because what I feel when I work at home and work remotely I am more passive to socialize because I spend work in my own room and I personally feel I'm more lazy to do work than being in the office. I don't know if this is just happening to me or if other people feel the same way because working at home makes me bored quickly.

[Asiska02]

Both working in an office and from home have advantages and drawbacks. I currently prefer working from home. I find it difficult to socialize with new people, and when I'm not doing anything, I can easily become bored. My interest in working from home has recently grown, and I take my routines very seriously for the sake of my mental health. When you have a timetable for everything and treat them seriously, you can control the disruptions that co-family members cause at home. Despite the fact that I enjoy brainstorming in groups, I still prefer working alone. Everyone has a different method of working comfort, and we all select the method that works best for us.

[btc_angela]

To be honest, I don't know how I cope up with working from home even before the pandemic. I guess my secret is that I treat it as what I regularly do, wake up and then get up to work 9-5. Of course, I do take a break, follow it and then go back working again. I don't take advantage of being working remotely. There could be some, who might be working on time, not just slacking before they are in their home. I don't dress up though, except if I have a meeting with someone, and I have a place specially for my work remotely.

[kryptqnick]

I tried working in the office, and it's not my thing. If a job is such that really requires doing something that can't be done from hope with as much quality, then I'm alright going there. But if it's all on the laptop and thus can totally be done wherever a person is, as long as there's a laptop and Internet connection there, it's unreasonable to require this person to waste time on going to an office, limiting the time that could be spent at home. Of course, it also depends on the home and how quiet it is, which can be different for different people. So I think it's more reasonable to allow a person to choose. Some might prefer the office atmosphere, while others find it unbearable. I've never had a problem with my time-management and organizing myself, and I've never really had a strict boundary between work and home, so I prefer to do what I can from home.

[noorman0]

Maintaining the discipline of working at home is indeed difficult, all home activities however will interfere with concentration which makes work longer and even untouched. The effective way is to separate the workplace by getting a "temporary office" which is a bit far from the home area even though it only contains 1 small room to place a work desk. To overcome irregular working hours can actually be circumvented by several methods, such as using scheduled public transportation to go to the "office".

[KingsDen]

Working from home has become a latest trend in the economy especially after the covid-19 pendamic, many people and including companies found the reasons to allow workers work from home. Such reasons could be to reduce the risk of clustering at work, the  risk of accidents to and fro work place and it generally reduces welfare costs.

I work from home but all those things listed above at least I'm a victim of one or two. Working from home  I see myself overworking myself, I even work at weekends which would not be so if I go to office to work. But that does not mean that I would like to go to office for work, I still like it at home. My company recently resolved that everyone would be reporting to work like three times a week but employees revolted, there's no need going to office if everyone delivers from home.  I can't go to work  anymore, I like working from home.

The article said that working from home we should try to address professionally. Lol... I dress so casual and work, during our calls, it's only the team leader that appears on video, we get our fvcking video muted. All those formalities doesn't matter, what matters is bring result to the table within the stipulated time.

[Piesel]

I have being working half hours and half days since the post covid 19 era and to a great extent this have helped improved the quality of my work, I don't know if this is because I leave without family and have all the time to myself, but one of the things I put in ace for this is time schedule that guide my activities throughout my day and make sure I follow them up. But remote working can be most challenging when you working environment become conducive and you work longer than your regular work time which get me exhausted most times.

But aside from this obvious challenge of working around the clock, remote working is the best independent way to develop and deliver on most work tasks especially those that are involved in project works that require a lot of thought.

[Apocollapse]

Aside from that I will add few more tips that really important to become more effective for work from home:
1. Do physical exercise everyday on morning and get sunlight.
2. Eat healthy and don't be stressful.
3. Get a good internet connection, high spec devices, and other hardware that you need for your work.

I disagree for the point 3 where you need to be dressed well, if there's no meeting or live video, I don't think there's need to wear appropriate clothes. Mood and emotions usually depends on how comfortable the place you stay.

[rby]

Aside from that I will add few more tips that really important to become more effective for work from home:
1. Do physical exercise everyday on morning and get sunlight.
2. Eat healthy and don't be stressful.
3. Get a good internet connection, high spec devices, and other hardware that you need for your work.

More tips:
1. Have a very good working posture and ergonomics.
2. You Should not bend when working with your computer.
3. Your chair should be autopedic if possible.
4. Your working space should be  dimmed and your working gadgets should have reduced light rays, if possible use an eye shield always.
5. Eat healthy and don't eat while on your working table, find a time to go use the dining for eating.
6. Have time for break and time for closure.

[Moneyprism]

as far as i have experienced it is very difficult to be productive by working from home .. there are reasons to procrastinate work which makes it very difficult for us to be productive .. not to mention the many distractions from home and the difficulty of concentrating due to the environment ... i totally agree that looking for the right environment will really help us to be focused and productive

[palle11]

Office is different from home. If you are an artisan and you use your home as office you will observe that you will be slow and not productive in it. There is a reason that office is for work and home is for living. You don't miss pleasure with work and that is ywhysome office don't allow couples to work in same job, office or branch depending on the company's policy because of certain delay. It is not going to bring efficiency enough when you are working from home.