As the pandemic is still prevailing, more and more people working from home. When working from home, not employee but employer will feels uneasy and upset. Many years ago, perspective consultant worked as start-ups entrepreneur, as geographical separation from other partner, we have to work from home and manage team remotely, learning tacit about how to work from home, which can make partner and boss feel comfortable.
Understand emotional about your boss during period of working from home. Boss used to contact face to face and give order and instructions to subordinate. When subordinate work remote at home, boss feel anxious about quality and deadline of assignment, and so the best practice is communicate with your boss as your work in office, which can makes your boss feel be in control. Beside this, when working at home, use all possible ways to reach your boss and makes yourself available. Your job will be secure, only when your boss feel emotional comfortable.
Continuously showing breakthrough and outcomes of work to your boss. Communication is not enough to preserve your job, high quality work results and outcomes can. Unlike works in office, when working from home, something distracted can happen, such as children, cooking food and take care of pets in home. The best strategy is set aside one room specialized for working and decorate just like office, which makes you concentrate on work when work at home and guarantee high work quality.
Some unique characteristic of working remote must take into consideration. Emotional closeness with boss and colleague is only way to survive during pandemic, and be aware of difference of working and living when working remote at home can preserve your job and future.
