Let's work from home and not go crazy! There's a chance

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Let's work from home and not go crazy! There's a chance

Working-day breaks acually boost productivity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the advent of the coronavirus, more and more companies around the world are switching to home-based work, and this will someday cause discomfort.

Initially, being able to work from home seems like a dream come true - without traveling to and from the office, without distraction in conversations with colleagues. Soon, however, sobering occurs. Because at home, we start to feel lonely. Suddenly our home looks much smaller. And there is no end to the work day.

"In my opinion, what we most underestimate is the psychological effect of being on your own," says David Hassel, co-founder and CEO of 15Five Business Management Software. 40% of the company's employees work from their homes.

Among the tips on how to keep your balance and survive the forced work from home is to take a break. To be honest, we don't work eight hours full time in the office - there are coffee breaks, lunch breaks, conversations with colleagues who are distracted by the workload. So when we work from home, it doesn't mean we don't have to rest from time to time.

"We tend to work all day to overcome the stigma that when we're not in the office, we don't work," says David Rabin, vice president of global marketing at Lenovo.

Working-day breaks actually boost productivity. "Your efficiency won't go down," says Julie Morgenstern, a labor productivity consultant. "Short breaks are a part of productivity, in fact thanks to them we change our perspective and find the right answers," she adds.

It will probably take some time for you to find the right job at home, CNN warns. If you are used to jumping from your desk to the conference room and from there to the meeting room during the work day, do not try to limit yourself in your home, Rabin advises. However, find the right place depending on what you need to do, adds Morgenstern.

If you need to focus, choose a quiet spot, and if you need to respond to emails, you can do so from the armchair on the balcony, she advises. It is also important to identify areas in your home that are not working. "It will be very difficult for you to fall asleep at night if you connect the bed or room to your workplace," Morgenstern explains.

She also advises against starting home from work earlier than we did in the office. Use the time you usually travel to your workplace to wake up or see your family, she recommends.

The consultant believes that you need to make it clear to your manager and colleagues that working from home does not mean that you will work longer than usual. When the work day is over, put aside the technique and things you used to work on and even dress up as a sign that you have already made it to your personal time, she advises.

According to her, it is necessary to create order and organization at home, especially if you have children who do not go to school at the same time. You need to know what are the hours of work that should not bother you and when the free time for playing and working together is coming.

David Hassell recommends video conferencing between colleagues frequently during forced home work. At 15Five, employees hold video conferences three times a week, whether they work from home or in the office. In addition, the company maintains a channel for free conversations between employees, where they exchange jokes, funny images and talk on common topics. This also facilitates personal contacts between colleagues who will start to miss you.