Coronavirus Pandemic – What are the right ways to work from home? Work from home on a Coronavirus Pandemic needs more concentration and dedication to be more productive.

Most global companies, including industry giants, have rolled out mandatory work-from-home policies in the last few weeks amid the spread of Covid-19. And it’s realistic for most people to assume that shifting to the ‘home office’ will become the new normal for a while.

Some employees will be their first time working from home. It means figuring out how to stay on task in a new environment may not lend itself to productivity. But there are many ways to deliver results and avoid going stir-crazy, from setting up a proper workspace to the way you talk to your team. This blog is a quick read to know how to set up a good working space while working from home.

How to set up a pleasant working environment while Coronavirus Pandemic – work from home?

• Crank up the communication

Whether coronavirus is there or not, the key to working efficiently from home is clear communication with your boss. You should exactly know what is expected of you.

Have clear-set expectations for day to day communications. Ask your boss if they don’t mind having a ten-minute call to kick off the day and wrap up the day. Often, managers just haven’t thought of it.

Most people spend their working days close to their boss. It let their communication easy and effortless. But that is all out of the window with remote work. And communication breakdown will be even more likely if your workspace isn’t used to remote working. For example, your manager might not be used to managing people virtually. Or your firm might not have a ready-to-go suite of tools for remote employees, like the chat app or video conferencing app.

But even for those people accustomed to it, working from home can feel unstructured and isolating. Loneliness can make workers feel less motivated and productive.

So, when you do communicate with your manager and the team from your home, make the conversation maximum richer as face-to-face communication.

• Treat it like a real job.

There is also some timeless Work From Home tips to call upon. For example, just because you can lounge round in your pyjamas doesn’t mean you actually should. Take a shower and get dressed. Treat it like a real job.

If you have no home office, do as much as you can to generate an ad hoc, bespoke space exclusively for work purpose. Without a well-equipped home office space when remotely working can cause a temporary decrease in productivity.

So, instead of lying on the bed with a laptop, try something deeper. The fix could be something very simple as moving a nightstand into a corner far away from distractions. You can plop down your computer and sitting in an upright chair like you would at your office desk. It also serves as an essential signal to those who live with you that you are ‘at work’.

• Be inside your own boundary

Create your own boundaries within your home that your family members understand you are working. With a dedicated workspace where you can focus, it becomes easier to unlock the benefits of remote work.

Yet it’s also vital to bookend your day. You should have the ability to unplug after work. If you cannot commute or enter and leave a physical home office provides a clearer boundary to the workday. It helps you have the right mindset like a twenty-minute coffee in the morning and then exercise right after the work to open and close the day.

Even if childcare is not an issue, it is still easy when you are home to think ‘Oh! I have laundry to do, let me do it real quick and so on. You have to put yourself in a mind-frame that you are really working.

Still, even with these tools, the abrupt and enforced nature of the transition from office space to a home environment could leave you struggling to get accustomed to the change. The coronavirus is pushing everyone into working from home, which is extreme to many people.

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