Working from home is a matter of trust
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in workwise week, remote working, IT PRO, flexible working on
Like my other IT PRO colleagues, I’m working from home today in support of Work Wise week.
I’m a fan of remote and flexible working. It makes a lot of sense. The big companies like Google and Microsoft undoubtedly have good flexible working policies, and it makes workers happier as it definitely improves the work life balance.
I would say though that managers really have to have faith and trust in their employees to make it work. There must be some management out there who still believe in ‘clockwatching’ - making sure that employees come in and come out at a set time.
Because you can’t see your employees then you don’t know what they are doing - are they offline, dossing, sleeping, playing with their kids - you can’t tell.
However I’m glad to say that IT PRO has faith in me and know that I won’t be doing that. They can also contact me on email and Windows Messenger at any time to check where I am and what I’m doing.
But in the end it’s about trust. They realise that I will work just as hard as at home, and that’s why employees and management need a good relationship to make this work.
I’ll also be going to my local Coffee Republic today to check out its Wi-Fi and to see whether its actually a good working environment!
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