Office Hours
While your specific hours may differ based on your needs and timezone, it is important to maintain regular office hours so that the team when you are available. Generally your hours should be during traditional business hours. If your office hours need to change or you will be out of the office, be sure to let the team know, just as you would if you were working in the office.
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS
- Any employee that works outside of the office will be paid as an independent contractor based on their Toggl billable hours.
- No missed deadlines for projects
- Do your best work and always do your best to make our clients happy
TIPS FOR WORKING FROM HOME
- Pretend like you are going into the office. The mental association you make between work and an office can make you more productive and professional. To replicate this feeling when working from home, set your alarm, get dressed in REAL clothes, (not just yoga pants) and be in your office ready to start work by your scheduled start time. While it’s tempting to hang out in sweats all day, you will feel more professional and motivated if you get ready for work just like you would if you had to commute.
- Set up a dedicated workspace. Have a place you go specifically to work. It could be a certain table, chair, local coffee shop — some place that’s consistently your ‘work space.’ It helps you get into the right frame of mind.” If you are fortunate to have a home office space, make it a comfortable and inviting space to be in, so that you look forward to spending time in it!
- Get out of the house. It’s easy to feel lonely and disconnected when working from home full time. Many sources recommend heading to your local wi-fi enabled hotspots, such as the library or a coffee shop. I personally find it difficult to get much work done from public spaces. (People watching and neon lights glaring off my laptop are just a couple of distractions.) But I find that even scheduling lunch dates with friends or taking a walk around the neighborhood (where I often run into neighbors or a good way to recharge the batteries and make me feel happier, healthier.
- Figure out your work rhythm. Nobody sprints through their work from morning to evening — your motivation will naturally ebb and flow throughout the day. When you’re working from home, it’s all the more important to know when those ebbs and flows will take place and plan your schedule around it. For me, I like to tackle new projects first thing. And then save my more ‘mindless’ tasks for the end of the day when I tend to be less creative. You may also want to experiment with the Pomodoro technique where you can use a timer to set ‘focus time’ and schedule in short breaks.