Simplified Explanation: Working remote means to work from home, or some other location, instead of at your office. Remote workers have always had a place to go, such as the library, Starbucks, and remote offices, but during the COVID pandemic, they all had to return home and work from there. Remote workers are also known for working as they travel the world. Imagine trying to find internet connections in third world countries so you can do your work, but people do it all the time. There is less need for an actual office anymore.
Real Life: Since the COVID pandemic, businesses have learned that they do not need to lease large buildings to house their work. Most companies had to move their employees home, for a time. Grocery stores, hospitals, and other essential businesses kept their employees working, to service those in need (most of the time), but those who were not essential, and didn’t require contact with their customers, were pushed to work from home. So, there are really three types of remote workers:
Now that the world has seen that we can work from home, “the genie is out of the bottle.” In other words, people have experienced increased flexibility, and less stress.
New types of remote workers are developing, including stay-at-home parents, who are now becoming remote workers while watching their kids; medical needs patients are now able to be remote workers; and even disabled or those with special needs are having an easier time being hired from their homes or co-ops. The future of work has now changed forever, but there are some negatives.
How to overcome the negatives: There are plenty of negatives out there, but for both the employees and employers, this normally has more positives than negatives. The struggle is to overcome the negatives, with preventative measures. Here are some of the negatives, and how to overcome them:
Worker’s health may decrease – Because you don’t need to go into an office, some workers become lazier than before, and less motivated to get out and exercise. Decreased health decreases productivity, and now that they can work from home while they are sick, they are less likely to work to their full potential. When employees get less motiva
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