Work from home

[uncle_dolan]

Hi everyone,

I know during Covid many of you may have had to adjust to different working arrangements like working from home.

I will be transitioning to WFH at the end of this year and am looking for any advice that can help me prepare for it. I am moving to a remote city due to family reasons and have agreed with the boss to stay on and work remotely. I will visit my workplace periodically, but primarily will be working from a home office.

Is there anything you have found particularly difficult/easy about working from home? Anything I should factor into my planning. Anything you would recommend I establish with my boss as part of the agreement? Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Uncle D

[?Mark]

Nothing to it, high speed internet and VPN will be a must.

I've done it for about 3-4 years prior to joining dmgmori.

On a corporate level, an important thing would be to have a corporate CC/credit for air travel/car rental and hotel when traveling (or some reimbursement program).

Other than that, remember to get off the chair and take a walk or something. I remember initially taking my first break after 5-6 hrs of working and working late everyday.

Pace yourself and come up with some exercise schedule. 5 minute every hr works ))

And talk to people, don't be a hermit, lol...sitting in the office alone for a whole day can be challenging to some.

I still do that to some degree at my current gig and am loving it.

 

[JParis]

The single biggest thing I found when programming remotely is this...

Remember that you are not in the office, a few feet away from having someone come in and asking a question when something isn't quite clear.

Document and note things clearly, try to see where any question might arise and be clear in your instruction sets....

You might only be a phone call or email away but you no longer have "eyes on" anticipate problems try to work to avoid them ahead of time. 

[htm01]

i did it for most of the last year, keep a set routine, i kept my same hours getting up at same time too.

i set a printer at the office to use for set up sheets. make sure the operators have your # and tell them don't be afraid to text/call if there is any question.

i found one of the hardest was tooling, i can't go looking through the vending machine looking for the right tool, i do have one guy that was helpful checking for tools for me.

i didn't really like it at first but then didn't want to come back (been in office 2 weeks) the commute really sucks, driving 35 minutes compared to walking to the basement in my pj's