{"id":5991,"date":"2015-12-30T08:21:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T08:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:49:12","slug":"7-reasons-try-remote-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/mission-values\/7-reasons-try-remote-working\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons To Try Remote Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2015\/11\/262434972_d23baeb185_o-e1448304651928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5994\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2015\/11\/262434972_d23baeb185_o-e1448304651928.jpg\" alt=\"Amazing office: reasons to try remote working\" width=\"675\" height=\"482\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s called remote working, telecommuting, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_nomad\">digital nomadism<\/a>, or something else, more and more people are recognizing that work is what you do, not where you do it.<\/p>\n<p>Still, many people resist the idea of working from home, from a coworking space, or anywhere that isn\u2019t their office cubicle. This is true even of people for whom remote working is very doable\u2014people whose work primarily involves sitting alone in front of a computer.<\/p>\n<p>If that reluctance sounds familiar to you, here are 7 reasons&nbsp;to try remote working for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s not all or nothing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people get hung up on the extreme aspect of going fully remote. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll be lonely<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they think, or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it will be too hard to collaborate with my team<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is that you don\u2019t have immediately start working from outside the office every day. Pick a weekday that makes sense for you and try it. You might find that having a day set aside for head-down concentration helps you to be more productive, while still giving you plenty of time during the rest of the week to interact with your coworkers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>We have the technology<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept of the office was born in another time\u2014before phones and computers even existed, let alone operated wirelessly. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, technology like cloud computing, instant messaging, video conferencing, and even regular old email makes connecting and collaborating with people possible no matter where they are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not sure where to start? Free tools include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hangouts.google.com\/\">Google Hangouts<\/a> for video calls<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/login.skype.com\/login?return_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmanager.skype.com%2Fdashboard&amp;application=bcp\">Skype<\/a> for chat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/\">Trello<\/a> for project management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/\">Dropbox<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/drive\/\">Google Drive<\/a> for cloud document storage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Output, not input<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When people ask you what your job entails, do you say it\u2019s all about sitting in a certain chair for 8 (or 10, or 12) hours a day? Of course not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you embrace the idea that work is what you do, not a place to commute to and from, you move towards a mindset of measuring output rather than input.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some managers are afraid to allow their teams to work outside their field of vision. In many cases, that\u2019s because they\u2019ve fooled themselves into thinking that because they can see the top of someone\u2019s head in their cubicle, they must be working. What a joke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reality is, if you don\u2019t have a way to measure what you and your team achieves, concretely, it doesn\u2019t matter where they sit. You won\u2019t know if they\u2019re productive or not. And allowing your employees to work wherever they want to might just be the spur your organization needs to implement that kind of constructive productivity measurement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Employee retention<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasingly, employers are finding that competition for the best talent is stiff in the marketplace. If you adopt flexible working policies, you have another perk to offer your applicants\u2014one that doesn\u2019t cost you anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, remote working frees you from the constraints of geographically based hiring. Is the best person for that open position living on the opposite coast and unable or unwilling to relocate? No problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why limit yourself to a small pool of people who happen to be nearby, when you can go around the world to find the best fit for the role and your company culture?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Cut your carbon footprint<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working from home just one day a week cuts your commuting miles by 20 percent. Two days and you\u2019re up to 40 percent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See where this is going?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The less you commute, the less time you spend on the road. The average American commutes 25 minutes each way, five days a week. And if, like most Americans, you drive to work alone, working from home can dramatically cut your carbon emissions. So what\u2019s better for employee and employer can be better for the planet as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Save money<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you ears perk up? Yes, allowing yourself and your team to work remotely can save your company money. If you commit to a flexible working policy, your company won\u2019t need nearly as much office space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might choose to spend part of what you save on monthly rent on memorable, team-building excursions, to give your people extra face-time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Try it and see<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, there are many reasons to try remote working. Exactly how and why you make your company more flexible depends on you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s really only one way to find out how many of these benefits you can realize, and how. Pick one day a week and try it for a month or two. Once you\u2019ve done that, reflect, connect with your team, and see what remote working has done for you.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirkloop.com\/\">d.loop<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it\u2019s called remote working, telecommuting, digital nomadism, or something else, more and more people are recognizing that work is what you do, not where you do it. 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