So, You’re Still Working From Home…

Our Top 3 Work From Home Tips

1. Stay in touch with your colleagues.
   If you work on a team, make sure to check in regularly just like you would in the office. Email is a great way to share the status of your projects with your team so they know you’re on track and Office 365 and SharePoint are a great way to collaborate on documents. It’s also a good idea to communicate through a video chat program like Microsoft Teams – having a daily or weekly face-to-face helps you feel connected.

   Pro tip: Since you only see your head and shoulders in a video call, you can keep your pajama bottoms on!

 

2. Create a space just for work.
   It is quite tempting to work from the couch or in front of the television, but try to carve out a dedicated work space at home. If you don’t have an office, a kitchen or dining room table will help you focus a lot more than your couch.

   Pro tip: A good set of noise cancelling headphones will help cut down on background noise if you have kids or pets at home.

 

3. Be Flexible.
   At Datavail one of our core company values is flexibility for availability… that means we put the needs of our clients first, but also understand our employees’ work-life balance. In times like these it’s especially important to realize that a 9 to 5 schedule might not make sense. If your schedule allows, mix your hours up so you can balance your work and family responsibilities.

   Pro tip: Make sure you take breaks and get outside if you can – members of our Marketing team for example try to fit in a 20 minute walk over lunch, when time permits. Then they snap a picture during their walk and send it to the team when they return – just one way to infuse some culture and help your team stay connected when working remote.