How to be an effective remote worker?

 Working remotely has become the normal for most of the departments within a company since the start of covid pandemic. People have realised that they are far more effective in their daily work when they work at their own pace from the comforts of their home. So how can you make yourself more effective? Read on for some ideas and perspectives that will help your effectiveness.

Cut out the noise

 The biggest distraction inside an office is the constant background chatter that goes on around with people around you when you are trying to focus on your work. You learn to ignore the background noise as you force yourself to concentrate on your work - cuz deadline! 

Working remotely solves this problem entirely because you are no longer distracted by the background noise from others. You get to choose where you work in your house too. Just eliminating the background noise from your everyday work increases the amount of concentration that you have which in turn enables you to get more done easily. Ofcouse you can argue that family members will be present in the house to distract you, which is where the next aspect will solve that for you.

Have a dedicated Work Room

Have a spare bedroom in your house? An unused store room? Convert that into your work room. All you need is a table and a comfortable chair. You can inform your family members not to disturb you during your working hours. You can also lock yourself in the room during important meetings and discussions without being disturbed. 

Extending your work for that monthly release is not going to be a problem or a cause for concern for your family because you have totally eliminated time consuming travel entirely. Cutting out the needless travel from your everyday life obviously gives you the much needed time that you can spend with your family members. Commuting is as short as walking to your Work Room.

Indulge yourself a bit

Been working remotely for long? Spice up your Work Room with some interesting stuff. A mechanical keyboard is a good place to start as you are constantly typing to get your work done. Add some decorations on to your table. Just like what you used to do when actually walking into office. Better yet, ask your significant other to sit along side you and chat with you while you write that boring code that you have already written 'n' number of times.

Enjoy working remotely!

Working from Office is seriously unproductive!

Walked into office for just a single week and I can already see that this is the most unproductive form of work that people have invented! I am wasting more than 50% of my time in office just waiting around for dependencies from other people. If I could have the same time available at my home, I can spend that time with my kid instead. There is no life-work balance when you walk into office everyday.

Management across the world(read India) seriously need to rethink their approach to working from offices as they are not paying the employees for the time spent on commuting. I say this because I am living in a congested city and it is not worth wasting 3 hours per day stuck in traffic just because management wants people to walk into office - because management lacks the skills to work remotely!