Some quick pointers from a 10 year veteran of working remotely. First, be aware that your experience in the next days and weeks is not the same as others. Please don't return to your work and think that all remote
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Obvious but Very Bad Remote Work Advice
When you work from where you wish, you face struggles. But many of us never complain because of all the rare and wonderful benefits, and when we do speak up we are met with the same terrible one-sentence dismissive advice.
The Circuit
When you work from home, where you live matters more. When I used to work in Alpharetta [a nice suburb of Atlanta] I knew all the good bike trails, sushi restaurants, and gas stations that carried Sour Skittles. After all,
Recent Items In Other Places
A few quick notes on recent activity outside of this blog that I’ve been involved in: Vetting People for Remote Work I wrote this article about some approaches for effectively determining if someone will mesh well with your
I Hate This Image of Remote Work
The only thing cool in this picture are the cats.I know it is probably intended to be funny, like the Oatmeal’s, but I’ve seen it used on Twitter pejoratively (like most things on Twitter). It seems to
Remote Work is Not A Perk
Allowing your employees to work from where they wish is not a perk, it is a part of your company’s genetic makeup or it is nothing. Many big companies think that allowing their people to work from home on
We Can't Let People Work From Home Because _______.
We can’t let our people work from home, they might not work. Sounds like you hire clowns. I mean how would I know if they were slacking off? You don’t have any way to tell if
Why I Hate All These Morning Productivity Blog Posts
I really don’t like blog posts that tell you to get up early, or go for a run in the morning, or get up even earlier, or focus on your morning. I even wrote some satire to try