How many of you work from home either daily or once a week?
There are 3 layers for remote working
Individual
Remote working - It is one of the recent revolution that is
going on, all around us, in places that we work. It is also referred to as
telecommuting or teleworking - it is nothing but a person doing his official
work from home or any remote places.
Yes it is remote
working and NOT working remotely😏
I have been telecommuting for the past 14+ years and just
thought of sharing more details including pros and cons of it. Let me tell you, how I started my remote working…. I just started to do my remote working for
medical reasons. When I conceived
my second baby, doctors advised less commute and hassles , hence worked with
my company and got the approval to work from home.
I felt it was blessing in disguise , in order to pay it back - I
worked more than 100% and made
my boss /employer happy. This culture continued and still I work from home.
The ideas behind
Remote working is - Talent is border-less and work is border-less.
Not everyone can telecommute. Rather designing our
life around work, we are designing our work into our life. Most work from the service sector can be done from
anywhere - if you have the right skill
and technology.
Let us see who prefers Remote working
1)
We see young people like to Travel and do remote
working.
2)
If you want to raise a family and spend more
time with the loved ones or take care of any one ill in the family - remote
working is the viable solution. You can
work and at the same time be next to the loved ones.
3)
If you are bound by immigration law - remote
working is one such solution. For eg ,
associate with US Visa issue , get
Canada work permit and work for US clients.
4)
If you feel
you have exhausted all the challenges in the local market , you
can do remote work for challenges from other countries.
1)
Individual
- how do you make individual workers more attractive as remote workers -
so that they are hired.
2)
Company /Organization - how do you make
company great places to work and facilitate
remote working.
3)
Government - how can government kick start initiatives
and encourage remote working people.
Below 6 qualities, makes us good
individual remote workers.
1) Organizational skills - how organized are you. Are you someone, who needs to chased to do a work, are you a procrastinator - need to improve these qualities to be good remote worker
2) Communication - how good do you speak to people? In fact are you bilingual / are you multi-lingual. How effective can you communicate to get the Job well done. Better you communicate, the better you are a remote worker
3) When you telecommute ,you are more autonomy and you set your own schedule
4) You will be lonely - you will not be seeing people for a long time. Like me - I hardly see coworkers 2 or 3 times a year in offsite / planning discussions.
5) Visibility and deliver-ability - At office we are fine tuned to be at our desk from 9 to 5. May be we stay in desk after 5 to tell others, we are working hard 🙂. But with remote working you are totally invisible - you are accounted for the what you accomplish that day or that week. Is the project moving fwd? Am I making the number to meet my set target.
6) How you navigate working - getting used to work from anywhere home, airport , hotel rooms, library, cafe…. The more you are able to navigate around these uncertainty - the more you are a successful remote worker.
1) Organizational skills - how organized are you. Are you someone, who needs to chased to do a work, are you a procrastinator - need to improve these qualities to be good remote worker
2) Communication - how good do you speak to people? In fact are you bilingual / are you multi-lingual. How effective can you communicate to get the Job well done. Better you communicate, the better you are a remote worker
3) When you telecommute ,you are more autonomy and you set your own schedule
4) You will be lonely - you will not be seeing people for a long time. Like me - I hardly see coworkers 2 or 3 times a year in offsite / planning discussions.
5) Visibility and deliver-ability - At office we are fine tuned to be at our desk from 9 to 5. May be we stay in desk after 5 to tell others, we are working hard 🙂. But with remote working you are totally invisible - you are accounted for the what you accomplish that day or that week. Is the project moving fwd? Am I making the number to meet my set target.
6) How you navigate working - getting used to work from anywhere home, airport , hotel rooms, library, cafe…. The more you are able to navigate around these uncertainty - the more you are a successful remote worker.
See how you can cultivate these qualities
and PUSH these qualities, when you interview new work stream, so you push these
traits to them.
Company
1) Hire remote worker, with the qualities we spoke. If not start pilot project work with remote workers.
2) You cannot discriminate anyone - that he or she telecommutes
3) With telecommuting increasing, what kind of software are being used talk to each other or communicate – WebEx.
4) Have metrics to check how effective are the remote workers
Government
We need govt to protect us individual and our company to facilitate this new kind of remote working.
1) Immigration - mobility is one big issue. If we do NOT allow people to move freely to get better jobs, we are going to stagnate our economy
2) What are we giving companies incentive / subsidy to hire these remote worker
3) What kind of training programs available for these remote workers.
Advantages
1) You save time on your commute
2) Flexible Schedule
3) Work from anywhere
4) Quality Time with your Family
5) Save 💲 on your wardrobe / gas / after school charges for kids etc and company save on rental space /insurance and the funds saved can be diversified.
Disadvantages
1) Unplugging from work
2) Loneliness
3) Collaborating & Communicating
4) Distraction from Home
5) Stay motivated
To conclude - no other generation has had the freedom to carve out its own lifestyle. Please try to revolutionize this remote working culture
1) Ask your current employer, if it is OK, to telecommute….
2) If you are a recruiter - check if you can hire the workforce , who is more interested in Remote working
This will help Talent to move around , this will make the world so much better place in terms of getting the required skills and in terms of jobs that are getting available .
1) Hire remote worker, with the qualities we spoke. If not start pilot project work with remote workers.
2) You cannot discriminate anyone - that he or she telecommutes
3) With telecommuting increasing, what kind of software are being used talk to each other or communicate – WebEx.
4) Have metrics to check how effective are the remote workers
Government
We need govt to protect us individual and our company to facilitate this new kind of remote working.
1) Immigration - mobility is one big issue. If we do NOT allow people to move freely to get better jobs, we are going to stagnate our economy
2) What are we giving companies incentive / subsidy to hire these remote worker
3) What kind of training programs available for these remote workers.
Advantages
1) You save time on your commute
2) Flexible Schedule
3) Work from anywhere
4) Quality Time with your Family
5) Save 💲 on your wardrobe / gas / after school charges for kids etc and company save on rental space /insurance and the funds saved can be diversified.
Disadvantages
1) Unplugging from work
2) Loneliness
3) Collaborating & Communicating
4) Distraction from Home
5) Stay motivated
To conclude - no other generation has had the freedom to carve out its own lifestyle. Please try to revolutionize this remote working culture
1) Ask your current employer, if it is OK, to telecommute….
2) If you are a recruiter - check if you can hire the workforce , who is more interested in Remote working
This will help Talent to move around , this will make the world so much better place in terms of getting the required skills and in terms of jobs that are getting available .
Yes it to work as remote recruiter. But we should be dedicated on working hours .
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