Posts Tagged ‘Remote Work’
7 Team-Building Ideas for Remote Workers
If you’ve embraced the many advantages of running a remote team, you probably realize team building can be a challenge. Those who choose to work remotely often enjoy the solitude and prefer to not be bothered with meetings. However, the freelancer or work-from-home life can also be quite lonely at times. When everyone works together…
Read More7 Best Ways to Engage Employees In A Hybrid Setup
Remote work is getting more popular each day as it could help employees lessen their efforts in braving the commute, allowing them to save time and money. However, some companies would still prefer having a physical office; thus, the birth of a hybrid work setting. A hybrid work setting is a combination of work from…
Read MoreKey Lessons Learned From 2 Years Managing Remote Software Development Teams
When most people think of small businesses, they think of local shopping and dining destinations or the occasional small professional services firm. But not many people think of software developers. Despite that, the reality is that 99% of software and IT firms in the US are, in fact, small businesses. And as those companies now…
Read MoreHow to Minimize Distractions while Working from Home
Working from home has become a new norm in the world of Covid 19. For most of us, this calls for a drastic change in the way that we do things. Working from home has its benefits, not least of which is that you can do so in your pajamas. However, there are some drawbacks.…
Read MoreCheck Out This Career Option for Working From Home
In pre-pandemic times, working from home (WFH) – also known as remote working – was one of the perks available only in some companies. In the last couple of years, the number of opportunities to work remotely has grown exponentially and this trend appears to be here to stay. This doesn’t come as a surprise,…
Read MoreMicromanagement is Bad for Everyone – AI Can Help
The COVID pandemic has changed much about how we get work done. For one thing, the huge shift from working in the office to working from home has brought many benefits as well as many challenges to the table. In less than 24 months, the US workforce went from 4.1% working from home to 69%…
Read MoreThis is Why Hybrid Workplaces Are the Future of Office Jobs
Prior to the pandemic, working from home was a fringe concept unavailable to most workers. Yet when coronavirus came to the US, 95% of office workers transitioned to working remotely at least part time. After trying out a new work format for over a year, 97% now say they find remote work preferable. Workers point…
Read MoreAvoid These 5 Pitfalls of Hybrid Office Work
The COVID-19 pandemic gave millions of people a glimpse of what life could be like outside the cubicle. While a few people discovered just how much they liked going into the office every day after being forced to work from home for months on end, most found that they liked the flexibility and comfort of…
Read MoreSmall Business: Unique Ways to Beat Labor Shortage
Political and economic pundits have been discussing the increasing labor shortage, though it would not appear to have one single root cause. As employees ask for higher wages, existing distribution structures are struggling with the demands. A few industries have raised prices as a way to deal with this while others are working with their…
Read MoreHow to Best Support Your Remote Team in 2022
The pandemic of 2020 drove many companies to seek remote solutions to work once conducted in person. Even those brands going back to the office are now adopting a hybrid approach, where employees work from home at least a few days a week. Owl Labs and Global Workplace Analytics conducted a State of Remote Work…
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