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Remote work and how it affects the daily lives of people

May 5, 2020

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.
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