Work from Home Guilt is Real and 2 Ways You Can Overcome It

Are you a remote working employee who has ever blamed himself for not getting up early in the morning and getting dressed for work? Do you find yourself complaining about how productive you were when you used to work at office in Kolkata, Gurgaon, or elsewhere? Chances are you’re suffering from work from home guilt and it’s a real thing.

Work from home guilt is a newly coined term and stands for that slight bit of shameful feeling you experience when you have a flexible job and work form home always. Working out of office, travelling every day and meeting co-workers has its own joys but working remotely isn’t an easy job too.

Here’s how you can remove your work from home guilt in 2 easy steps:

1.Stay Productive (no matter what)

Interestingly, when an office employee is seen chatting with co-workers, he is never accused of chilling on company’s time. One of the most common stigmas associated with working form home employees is that they’re relaxing on company’s time.

Remote workers are often asked questions like ‘do you work normal hours?’, ‘do you take naps?’, and even ‘do you work in your pyjamas?’ Remote working is still to get recognition of normal working hours.

One of the best ways to overcome this is to be always responsive during the work hours, meet your deadlines, submit your daily report by the schedule and you’ll be considered just as productive as anyone else during work hours.

2.Maximize & Manage Your Time Well

While this is no child’s play to guess that office-based workers experience fewer distractions than remote workers and are thus attributed with faster turnaround times. If you’re done with a project early, don’t give into the temptation of binge-watching Netflix or a run to the grocery store on company’s time.

Rather, ask your team if you can help them with another task or get an early start on to the next project. Just because you’re at home, don’t feel pressured to work during your lunch and tea breaks and maintain a time schedule just as you used to do in office. This will help you make the most of your workday and feel relatively lesser guilty of being a remote employee.

Bigger, Better and Beautiful: How to Create an Ideal Workplace?

 A lot has already been said about the need to create the ‘ideal’ workplace. However, not much has been done to give rise to a workplace that can be called ‘ideal’.  Now, quite a few things are required to turn a normal workplace into an employee-friendly workplace.

Well, the idea is to provide the employees with an environment that helps boost their productivity. A number of commercial spaces for rent are coming up with innovative work areas that ensure 100% employee productivity while also focusing on the workforce’s personal development.

Here are a few innovative ways to transform any workplace into the ‘ideal’ workplace:

Communicate, Communicate, and Communicate

It goes without saying that communication holds the key. Those wanting to create the ‘perfect’ working space need to emphasise on the need to develop an effective and efficient communication system. Keep the online mediums aside for a minute and focus on grapevine communication. Informal talks, chats, banters and more can go a long way in instilling a sense of optimism within the team.  The importance of communication cannot be taken for granted because communication forms the heart and soul of a healthy organisation. The more one communicates, the better it gets for everybody.

Have Remote Workstations in Place

The benefits of having remote workstations in place are immense. People using remote workstations get ample opportunities to roam around while they work. The idea is to focus on physical movement.  Confining employees to cubicles curtails their ability to move around freely. Also, it is not a good idea at all to make them sit at a designated place because gelling well with the other members of the team is equally important.

Employees can sit in the cafeteria in case it has ample space to accommodate a considerable number of people. Employees need to be given the freedom of working from remote workstations. The idea should be to enhance productivity.

How About a Spacious Cafeteria?

Cafeterias can be turned into something more than eating spots. Get team members to sit in the cafeteria and let them work together. Most of us like working while sitting in the cafeteria while enjoying a hearty cup of tea.  A number of business houses located in IT Park in Gurgaon Sector 48 are following this practice in order to ensure that all of the teams get to spend some quality time together.

Ensure ‘Productive’ Time Outs

It goes without saying that physical development is just as important as professional development. The idea is to help employees maintain a healthy lifestyle that promotes holistic development.  Having an in-house gymnasium in place is certainly a great idea. Numerous commercial settlements in IT park in Gurgaon sector 48 are following this practice to ensure employee motivation.

Candor TechSpace brings some of the best commercial spaces for rent in Noida and Gurgaon. Aspiring business owners can get in touch with Candor TechSpace in order to get their hands on some of the best-in-class office spaces. Just give them a call and you’ll be sorted.