Interviews with remote based professionals and teams who share about their remote working experience:
Rachel Heller is a Content creator Freelance who has created https://worldheritagesites.net/ a site for tourism information on UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world. You can find more about her project on Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest. 1. How did you start working remotely? How did you make the switch?: I kept a travel blog for […]
Adrián Arroyo is a freelance web developer at https://www.webvisible.es, helps other people to increase their productivity by being a brand ambassador for a project and task management tool. You can find him on Linkedin and Instagram to read more. 1. How did you start working remotely? How did you make the switch?: I started working […]
“On a personal level, I like being able to work from where I want and when I want. I like to be able to travel and still work from there if I want to.”
“To me, remote work is synonymous with opportunity. The opportunity to live abroad and travel while taking my income with me has changed my life. When done correctly, working online offers freedom, happiness and increase efficiency. It’s pure magic.”
“The main advantages to me are the flexibility of my working schedule and the fact I don’t have to waste hours of my life commuting.”
“Although all of my communication with coworkers is through Google meet or Slack, I feel that it’s sufficient and I still get to know them just as well.”
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Although co-working spaces offer many positive benefits including community, I prefer being in my own space for the convenience of it, where ever my location may be.
“Keeping a schedule and having great internet, along with some really great earphones to block out everyone else.”
From an operations perspective, I think the best aspect of remote work is being able to work with the best talent regardless of location.
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My holy grail is discipline, I have a very structured day and this helps me not to procrastinate. Once you got his figured out, the rest is easy.
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Work out if you are a morning or an afternoon person. I try to get my most challenging work done in the morning because that’s when my brain functions best. It’s much easier to plan your days when you know when you are most productive.
“It was hard to hire talented workers remotely on a global scale, and that’s why I left to create Remote. That’s exactly the challenge Remote provides a solution for.”
It is hard for me to compare working remotely to a normal job, as I have never worked a non-remote job.
“My current employer didn’t believe in remoters, but whatever the main policy of the company, anyone (company) could benefit from hiring remoters. Some people are not for the office work, or wouldn’t relocate to a particular country/city but they might be great.”
“Remote work can bring the opportunity to focus on complex projects without distractions of spontaneous interpersonal encounters. Of course, reduced commute times are a huge benefit”.
From the start I was risk-averse, I was determined to stick with it and not make the make that jump to full time remote working until I knew I had the clients and regular work load to accommodate for my earnings.
“Though I would also agree that there are some industries that are not conducive to remote work or would need to transition longer, the future of working should be taken into consideration for most companies to thrive in the future.”
“I absolutely love the personal freedom that it gives you. Being able to just fly off to anywhere in the world is simply amazing. Furthermore, I find that you meet so many amazing and like-minded people. It is a wonderful way to explore the world.”
“A partial remote policy is an incredible perk for parents and areas where commuting times are very high”
“Ask yourself whether you want to hire the best possible people for the job who’ll be more productive because they get to work when they’re at their best, or whether it’s more important to you to just see someone in the office and micro-manage. “