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.