From cd6644ea4ddc78597934ab0ef5ba50e3c3daa927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 23:25:41 +0200 Subject: Moved to a simpler SSG --- content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md | 71 --------------------------------- 1 file changed, 71 deletions(-) delete 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 deleted file mode 100644 index 90fca24..0000000 --- a/content/posts/2020-05-05-remote-work.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Remote work and how it affects the daily lives of people -url: remote-work.html -date: 2020-05-05T12:00:00+02:00 -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