Remote Worker Insights
140 companies answer 6 questions
Learn a bit more about some of the great people who answered the Remote.co Q&As as they share some of their remote worker insights and anecdotes on work-life balance, remote work environments, and more.
What is your personal remote work environment?
I work from a fairly basic home-office. I have an adjustable-height desk for my laptop, an external monitor, and the ever-present mug of coffee. One…
I work at a co-working environment in a 6-person “campsite” dedicated to my company. I also work from my home office, or wherever I happen…
Most of the time I work from an office in my house in Arizona. This is a picture of that office. When I feel like…
What are the biggest benefits of being a remote worker?
The glamorous answer is that I get to travel and work, which is true! The cool answer is that I get to work with amazing…
Not being bound by other’s definition of when I should be doing my best work or my best living.
If I have to imagine a 9-to-6 life at the office for the next 5 years, I’m confident that this will drastically affect my productivity,…
How do you personally manage work-life balance?
I have a home routine with plants and animals, so I schedule in such a way that I can accommodate my need to stretch and…
Both my husband and I have made a series of changes to flex our work, and to even work reduced hours when our children were…
I set aside separate space for work. When work is over, I shut my laptop and put it out of sight in an effort to…
What tips do you have to disconnect when working remotely?
Get a dog. They demand your undivided attention at times, require long walks outside, and in some cases my dog even takes it upon herself…
Don’t work in your house all day long. Work in a coffee shop or in a co-working space if you can. If you can’t, then…
Set rules and boundaries for yourself. Have a way to signal that you’re taking a break or done for the day. I have a separate…
What is your favorite business book?
Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
“Twitter for Dummies” – ha ha 🙂 Just kidding, although it is pretty informative! You’ve caught me here, I much prefer novels over business related…
There is no one favorite business book, in each of many books is some wisdom in it.
Do you have a favorite quote or bit of business wisdom?
Structure without bureaucracy is essential.
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.…
No excuses, just results.
Where is the best or worst place you’ve worked remotely?
Any place with slow wifi feels like hell. Being on a beach in Thailand was great, except for the lifetime of my laptop 🙂
I’ve worked in 22 countries so far, and that alone has been pretty great. The worst place was in an airplane, which no one should…
Worst: Economy class in an airplane. Best: A quiet coffee shop at 6 a.m.