In the spring of 2020, the offices of the world went to remote locations. After the global quarantine, someone was allowed to choose: if you want, work from home, in the office, or with partial presence. And they did not ask someone, leaving them in their home office for at least a few more months. So, the leaders of Twitter said that employees will work from home and after the world quarantine, for now indefinitely. Facebook plans to extend isolation until June 2021, Google until July.
But not everyone enjoys working from home. Together with IT specialists, a psychotherapist and a procrastinatologist, we figured out who and why it is difficult to work remotely and what to do about it. What angers you the most in remote locations? Share in the comments.
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- “We are setting a more rigid framework for working meetings. Planning reminders in Slack for the end of the day. "
To cope with a blurry schedule, it is often advised to turn off the computer as soon as working hours are over, spend personal time without a laptop, and turn off notifications for work chats. Although in practice this is not so easy to do :)
Problem 2. Online conferences and chats do not replace live communication
It turned out to be more difficult for many to resolve issues through instant messengers and online conferences than in live communication.
Victor Beketov, psychotherapist :
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- "Sometimes we arrange zoom-colas just to talk about nothing, to share information from life."
- “We arrange regular
1-1, joint activities - some kind of challenges for a month. We organize regular online activities for the entire company. - We also tried random
1-1 between employees, and random small groups, but didn't work. " - "We arrange small team-building activities."
Problem 3. Procrastination
Rather, it is not even a remote problem per se - but at home it manifests itself more easily. There is a risk of disrupting deadlines or plunging into self-digging.
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- “I always try to work according to the principle 'do the maximum at the beginning of the week, so that later at the end of the week I can switch to simple and non-urgent tasks.' And there will already be time for procrastination. "
- "Sleep :)"
Leaders were asked if procrastination is the scourge of remoteness.
- “There is a certain type of people who are unable to organize themselves, we try to identify them, conduct conversations and if the situation does not improve, then say goodbye. More often than not, people simply did not understand what was expected of them, because working remotely does not mean just work, you also need to deal with your “presence” or visibility online, so that for the rest of the company you, as an employee, also exist (conditionally, participate in activities, discuss something in general chat rooms for work and not, etc.). "
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The hardest part is setting frames for children. They used to think that since dad or mom is at home, it means they will play with me.
Victor Beketov, psychotherapist :
It is useless to negotiate with loved ones if your emotional presence in the family is minimal. When a person is used to running away to the office from the claims of his wife or children, then at home retribution is inevitable.
Think about what exactly your loved ones are not getting from you? Support, caring, emotional closeness, empathy, involvement ... If these words are unfamiliar, it is better to fix it. High-quality joint pastime will radically improve the emotional background in the family.
Personal experience
What do you advise employees so that they are not distracted by household chores?
- “More often such people try to come to the office, I am one of them. At home, you need to set up a special place for work, an office, if the area allows. Plus, this place needs to be well equipped, we are trying to help with this. "
But there is also the opposite opinion:
- “Having a family makes it easier to do this, the family automatically takes over the focus outside the working day, and in the working day too. So advice - start a family and children :) "
Alternatively, you can:
- Agree with family members that during working hours you work and no one should distract you.
- Use time management techniques. For example, Pomidoro, when every 25 minutes of work there is 5 minutes of rest. During these 5 minutes, you can chat with your family or do household chores.
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