ADVICE FOR FIRST-TIME WORK-AT-HOMERS

Are you a new telecommuter because of the coronavirus pandemic? Here are FIVE TIPS from our experts to help make the adjustment:

Maintain Normal Work Hours

Creating boundaries helps, especially when your desk, work computer and files are always within reach. Some advice from Dan Schawbel, managing partner: “One of the biggest fears people have with remote work is that they end up working longer, and harder, without additional pay and it can hurt their personal life,” he says. “You are empowered, and accountable, to keep the same work hours that you had in your corporate office but at home. If you work 9-to-5, then mimic that at home, stopping work at 5 p.m. and leaving the spillover work until the next day.”