What a remote-friendly employer could do
- Provide remote-work equipment
- Provide remote-work infrastructure
- Foster unscheduled communication
- Support your employee's well-being
Provide remote-work equipment
decent gear (superb sound quality, comfy chair, crisp screen) helps taking the stress out of online meetings
Provide remote-work infrastructure
infrastructure (made or bought) allowing for low latency VOIP connections, always working video / audio conference calls are a key to smooth remote work
Foster unscheduled communication
Offer opportunities (time & space) for meeting with employees without an agenda.
Equivalent for coffee- or hallway talks
Support your employee's well-being
Remote work without any distractions is great. Error rates falter, productivity goes through the roof until -- they don't anymore.
Offer opportunities for your employees to build up there own personal skills to cope with the challenges of working remotely.
--ghp-dev