In fact, I think up until recently, a hybrid or remote mo working idea was sort of foreign. And I've done everything from agriculture to hospitality, security, retail, various, various jobs. The reason for this is because, and it seems to be the case even in my current job, but I don't believe that's the fault of my employer and more so, the state that I live in
Kwa NateKo
@kwa · 4:48
I didn't spend a lot of time doing water cooler talk or going back and forth to meetings. When you had a meeting, you had it and you were there for the meeting, the purpose, and you went on zoom, and it ended, and you didn't spend another 20 minutes talking to somebody before or after and wasting all this additional time they say we somehow waste when we do remote work. It is absolutely a better quality of life. It is far more productive in terms of work
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 5:00
Hey, it's JL. Well, now I work for myself. And well, let me go back before that. My previous corporate position, it was a hybrid position. And I did three days in the office, two days from home. And I decided to do Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in the office and Thursday and Friday from home. Thursday and Fridays were the most fragmented, disruptive, unorganized days, even though they were remote. And let me tell you why
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 2:41
I'm not sure if you're like me at all, but I don't like going to the gym when there's a bunch of people standing around and sitting on their phones and just taking up space. So there's that aspect. And then, of course, just the quality of food that you're eating. Because one of the things I never I don't see how anybody could mathematically figure it out, but just the quality of food
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 4:23
And I came forward with this, and they said, we really don't care. We know that you're here, and we know that we're essentially paying you for nothing, but we still want you here. So, surprisingly enough, there are employers who just do not care. They want you there for that aspect, if you want a little bit more context
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 2:47
So the most important things get done first, and then if I don't get to the very last things, they don't get done, and I save them for another day. One last tip is I know that you probably have a very strict sleep schedule, but one of the tips that I found that was most helpful when I was working multiple jobs at the same time was extending my awake time
phil spade
@Phil · 4:18
Now, what I mean by that, the expectations, the expectations with your coworkers and bosses, you have to be careful there, because once you are a remote work worker, there's this expectation sometimes that you are always available, and that calling you at any time during the day or night is okay
Professor Z
@Professor42 · 2:12
Hey, Phil wanted to respond. Thank you for your response on this. Well, interesting thing that you said was in regards to setting boundaries and I know I've talked about this before, but another aspect of my former job was the assumption of on call availability, which was actually a lot of unpaid work