From 23a56bd50b04211da3cab45f72c3390711b2416b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:35:08 +0200 Subject: Moved notes and posts into subfolders --- content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md (limited to 'content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md') diff --git a/content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md b/content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..905d169 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +title: Remote work and how it affects the daily lives of people +url: remote-work.html +date: 2020-05-05T12:00:00+02:00 +type: post +draft: false +--- + +I have been working remotely for the past 5 years. I love it. Love the freedom +and make your schedule thingy. + +## You work more not less + +I've heard from people things like: "Oh, you are so lucky, working from home, +having all the free time you want". It was obvious they had no clue what means +working remotely. They had this romantic idea of remote work. You can watch TV +whenever you like, you can go outside for a picnic if you want and stuff like +that. + +This may be true if you work a day or two in a week from home. But if you go +completely remote all these changes completely. I take some time to acclimate +but then you start feeling the consequences of going fully remote. And it's not +all rainbows and unicorns. Rather the opposite. + +## Feeling lost + +At first, I remembered I felt lost. I was not used to this kind of environment. +It felt disoriented and a part of you that is used to procrastinate turns on. +You start thinking of a workday as a whole day. And soon this idea of "I can do +this later" starts creeping in. Well, I have the whole day ahead of me. I can do +this a bit later. + +## Hyper-performance + +As a direct result, you become more focused on your work since you don't have +all the interruptions common in the workplace. And you can quickly get used to +this hyper-performance. But this mode requires also a lot of peace and quiet. + +And here we come to the ugly parts of all this. **People rarely have the +self-control** to not waste other people's time. It is paralyzing when people +start calling you, sending you chat messages, etc. The thing is, that when I +achieve this hyper-performance mode I am completely embroiled in the problem I +am solving and this kind of interruptions mess with your head. I need an hour at +least to get back in the zone. Sometimes not achieving the same focus the whole +day. + +I know that life is not how you want it to be and takes its route but from what +I've learned this kind of interruptions can be avoided in 90% of the case easily +just by closing any chat programs and putting your phone in a drawer. + +## Suggestion to all the new remote workers + +- Stop wasting other people's time. You don't bother people at their desks in + the office either. +- Do not replace daily chats in the hallways with instant messaging software. + It will only interrupt people. Nothing good will come of it. +- Set your working hours and try to not allow it to bleed outside these + boundaries and maintain your routine. +- Be prepared that hours will be longer regardless of your good intentions and + your well thought of routine. +- Try to be hyper-focused and do only one thing at the time. Multitasking is the + enemy of progress. +- Avoid long meetings and if possible eliminate them. Rather take time to write + them out and allow others to respond in their own time. Meetings are usually a + large waste of time and most of the people attending them are there just + because the manager said so. +- The software will not solve your problems. And throwing money at problems + neither. +- If you are in a managerial position don't supervise any single minute of + workers. They are probably giving you more hours anyways. Track progress + weekly not daily. You hired them and give them the benefit of the doubt that + they will deliver what you agreed upon. -- cgit v1.2.3