10 challenges of remote working

10 Challenges of Remote Working
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(And How To Overcome Them)

Do you face the same
challenges I do?

Being a Remote Employee
isn’t all sunshine and
rainbows.
There are some challenges of
remote working that you and
the organization you work for
must overcome in order for
you to be successful.

You need to
overcome…

Who is that?
What does he do?
Where does he live?
These are three questions I found myself asking myself quite often when I first joined the company.

You can put your
microphone on
mute the first few
times and just
listen and take
notes.
When you first join your new
company, insist on attending
as many virtual meetings as
possible.

Attending meetings is the easiest way to get
to meet your colleagues and develop an
understanding of what everyone’s job is and
where they fit in the organization.

You can put your microphone on mute the
first few times and just listen and take notes.

Are You Feeling
Isolated?

The average employee spends 40 hours a
week with his co-workers. In some instances,
that is more than the time he spends with his
family. Their social lives are built around the
relationships they make at work.

As a remote employee working alone in
your home office, you don’t have the
luxury of creating a social life around
work friends.
Take a proactive approach to keep your
social calendar as full as possible.

Company Culture

In order to maintain long term success
within the company,
you need to truly embrace the culture.

NOTE:
If you do not like the
culture of the
company for
whatever reason, you
should not stay. You
will be doing both
yourself and your
employer an
injustice.

The Collective
Knowledge Doesn’t
Disseminate

One person tells a friend, who then tells
another friend, who then tells another, and
so on.

As a remote worker, you have to learn
to be resourceful, independent, and
patient.

One of the problems that you’re going to face
is that knowledge is stored in emails, chats &
private conversations.

Most remote organizations use a project
management software such as Basecamp.
One thing that might help you find solutions to
problems you have is to ask for access to all of the
projects – not just those that pertain to you.

Completing Your
Projects

Use a project management software like
Basecamp to help you organize and
complete your tasks.
Submit your work a full 48 hours prior to
the deadline.

How to Focus in
a World full of
Distractions

Distractions happen. And unfortunately, they
can be hard to prevent.

Inform everyone about your working
schedule.
Make a better and comfortable working
place to be able to focus on getting the
work done.
Find your most productive time
Schedule everything.
Here are some strategies used to reduce
the number of distractions:

How to
“Turn Off” Work

Here are a few strategies that work:
Workout or do any other kinds of exercise after work
to help your mind to relax and clear.
Take a night-time walk to connect with the universe.
When you realize how small your place is in the
universe, you begin to take yourself a lot less
seriously.

To maintain your sanity
and work at peak
performance, make
sure to find a way to
“turn off” work
But the point is, make sure you find something that you can do every day that signifies that you’re
done working and you’re now ready to enjoy your home life.

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Stop Sitting;
Start Moving

Lack of movement and
exercise is the effect of
some of the other
challenges described on
the list. When your nearest
colleague works a
thousand miles away, you
can’t get up from your
desk to visit them to
collaborate on a project.

Move around
and exercise.
Not only will it help
with your physical
health, but it
will also help you
focus more on
your work.

That Damn
Printer is
Jammed Again…

When you’re
negotiating your
salary with your
new employer,
make sure that you
factor in any
potential IT costs
that will arise in the
coming year. They
are quick to add up.

Still Want to be a
Remote Employee?

The picture of
freedom in your
head a thousand
times.

Remote work
simply isn’t for everyone

It requires the discipline to avoid and
overcome the various distractions that you’ll
encounter throughout the day.

You need to be motivated enough to get work
done, when your surrounding environment is
telling you to procrastinate.

You need to have the organization skills to
manage multiple projects and your day to day life
– often within the same room of your house or
apartment.

Remote employee can have a lot of
BENEFITS but you must overcome these
Ten Challenges.

Are you Working Remotely?
What Challenges did you have to
Overcome?

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