So coronavirus is a killer, am I right? Well, not in the literal sense but more like in a buzz-kill sense. Sending waves through the entire world, this pandemic has been making headlines for months now. However, the most noticeable change is how this outbreak of coronavirus is promoting remote-work in this period of self-quarantine.

This is a lesser-known fact that remote-work has its own perks. And this revolutionary change has brought us all the insights into how exactly remote-work can be executed and all about its benefits. All the fine leaders out there have nothing to worry about because remote work has only gotten more mainstream over the years.

So fret not because I am writing this article to educate you about all the upsides of this corona-induced remote work scenario.

This Is The Best Way To Deal With Corona-related Anxieties Of Your Team

Do you know what makes remote-work a great way to conduct your business? The constant well-being of your employees.

When you promote remote-work, you are giving your team the impression that you trust their work and appreciate their efforts. This, in turn, will help your team transform into a more loyal workforce.

Coronavirus has been creating a panic among the masses, especially among the working class. Worrying about the health of their families and their own can be stressful for your employees.

Here’s why working from home will prove to be a great step towards your employees’ health:

• Sending people home to their comfort zones, to their family, can potentially help in defusing the panic, stress, and anxiety that surrounds the mysterious COVID-19.
• Not only this but, quarantine has led to people getting more aware of their health standards and will be a great motivation for them to be moving on to a healthier lifestyle.
• During this time when everyone is underground, your team will finally get to have a little me-time. This will breed into a journey of self-care for your employees.
• This time will help your team reevaluate their professional goals and help them come up with new game plans for the development of the company.

Therefore, if you successfully create a good virtual environment for your people by building a productive work culture for remote teams, it will be very rewarding for your employees.

Why Will It Be Easy For You To Embrace Remote-work?

By now I hope you understand how working remotely during this outbreak can be potentially rejuvenating for your team. You can expect that your employees will be as good as new when they come out on the other side.

Although, I know as a manager you are still worried as to how exactly you will implement this change. Well, technology is the #1 factor that has made working from home a definite reality.

With a good project management software working on your behalf to handle all the scheduling and organizing, it has become wildly easier to keep track of remote teams.

As a person in the management position, I have seen first-hand how work from home has only gotten easier over the years. We created ProofHub for this very purpose so that teams working locally and from afar could join in to indulge in this virtual team experience.

How does a project management software aid in managing a remote team you ask? It’s easy, here’s how:

• Clear allocation of tasks.
• People working in the same space with total transparency.
• Flexible workflows for all teams.
• Communication becomes easier and seamless.
• Doubts and feedback can be given with comments and proofing.
• All files and documents can be stored and reviewed in one place.
• Including your team with various announcements and group chats.

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Break Down Of All The Benefits Of Remote-work

There are a lot of reasons for the push towards remote teams and telecommuting, obviously, COVID-19 being the biggest one of them all right now. But what if I told you that the coronavirus outbreak only made this transformation faster? Employers around the world have been working hard for years now to have an edge in the market by providing workplace flexibility to their staff.

“Telecommuting, one of many forms of work-life flexibility, should no longer be viewed as a nice-to-have, optional perk mostly used by working moms. These common stereotypes don’t match reality — allowing employees to work remotely is a core business strategy today” -Cali Williams Yost (Founder and CEO of the Flex+Strategy Group)

Here’s why I believe that only good things are going to come out of this shift in trends of working with remote teams:

#1 Saves Your Team The Valuable Resource of Time

We all know what a hassle waking up early, deciding on what to wear, dressing up, and especially driving is. Working at home will provide you flexibility in everything, saving you time taken to commute and get ready. Also, for a company, remote-work helps in saving time by limiting the instances of absenteeism and as a result increases productivity.

#2 The Employees Get To Cut On Costs

Even though it feels like living at home will cost you more in the form of water and electricity bills, if you look at it, telecommuting will also help you save big bucks. Often at work, we order or buy lunch which is an expenditure that takes place every single day. Not to forget the commute you take or the gas money you spend will also be a thing of the past once you start remote-working.

#3 Your Team Gets to Reevaluate Their Workflow

Working at home will help you analyze your work routine and go over your workflow stages. This will give you the time to reevaluate what is most important to you and renew your work rituals. Remote work can be refreshing for your work life and give you a new perspective for your career.

#4 The Key To Healthy Work Relationships

The transition from being an office working team to becoming a remotely working team means letting go of physical contact with them. However, in this way you get to communicate more effectively and in an organized way which makes the exchange of trivial conversation much less, hence increasing productivity.

#5 Your Team Will Enjoy The Change Of Space

Working under quarantine does not necessarily mean that you are trapped between four walls. Remote-work can be wonderful in a way because your employees get to work from the comfort of your home. This enables your team to work in the chair they want and in the room they like. People would much rather be connected to their comfort than their rusty old chair back at the office.

#6 Remote-work Also Saves The Office Some $$$

Renting an office often proves to be an exorbitant venture. And let’s not even talk about the heavy electricity and water bills. A company has to work with the functioning and maintenance of numerous appliances like computers, phones, air-conditioning, and heaters. Therefore, when you promote work from home, you get to cut costs and save big.

#7 A Way For Your Team To Respect Their Workplace

The opportunity of remote work will help you shine a light on the importance of a physical workspace, that is, the office. One day or the other, your team will miss dressing up for work every day and feel the absence of an established routine.

Getting newfound respect for their surroundings, their commuter systems, their microphones, and the office wifi can help you drive your team towards better results when they finally return from quarantine.

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Conclusion

Remote-work with its many benefits is going to change the face of the IT industry. Instead of looking for all the downsides of providing everyone an opportunity to work from home, we all could look at the brighter side, which I hope has been made clearer with this article. So stay home and stay safe and trust that this time away from the physical workplace will be highly beneficial for your employees and the overall productivity of your office.

ProofHub is doing their bit! In these tough times, we are offering ProofHub for free to schools for the rest of 2020. You can sign up immediately, and then contact ProofHub Support, and we’ll help you set up you account.

About Author:

Vartika Kashyap runs the marketing team at ProofHub — a project management software for teams of all sizes. She is a seasoned marketing professional who is an expert in digital marketing and entrepreneurship. She’s been featured among LinkedIn’s Top Voices for the year 2017 & 2018. Connect with Vartika on LinkedIn, Medium and Twitter.

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