One very important aspect of 100% remote working is that as a general rule everyone works in their own time. Not only can your co-workers be in different time zones from you, they might also be traveling and only check in for work early morning before a day of sightseeing, or they might be going in and out of work as they deal with other aspects of life such as preparing and sending their kids to school.
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Work management software tool Plum is being build very laterally within our team. Everyone is a planner, everyone is a creator. We need Plum to, first and foremost, work for us. So it’s important that everyone feels comfortable to share their needs.
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Welcome to our development diaries for Project Plum. We’re a building a work management software for remote workers and we’ll be sharing details of the development process with our community. If you want to know how it all started, just before you move forward. Otherwise, let’s see what we have today.
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This week’s topic is “Remote Work and Communication”. As you all know, communication is the key to remote work. However, with the current COVID-19 crisis many new remote workers reported having a hard time adjusting to online meetings and effective brainstorm sessions, while at the same time fighting the loneliness of not having daily face time with coworkers.
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So there you go. We’re excited to show to you Plum: a simple and intuitive workflow management for remote workers like you and us.
It’s not the final name, mind you. But it’s better than referencing “that software we’re building” every single time. In the upcoming months, I want to share a lot with you about Plum’s development. Discussions that the team held about particular functionalities. Definitions. The philosophy behind our choices.
Author: Jocelyn ter Morsche, marketer at remote company Xoxzo. Are you ready to start your remote life? Something I underestimated was setting up my home office: it took more than I had expected. In the end, I had to wait for my office chair an entire month and my room had poor lighting, which slowed…
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I’ve interviewed my coworker Zaki to discuss planning and routine when working from home: one of the first things a new remote worker will notice, is very different compared to working at an office. Being quite new to remote work myself, I’m interested to find out how he manages his schedule.
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We at Xoxzo have been working remotely since inception. It was just our way of life. Remote work was a very narrow niche, a lifestyle choice and a sound business model where our team, made of members from different corners of the globe, came together to build and operate telephony services among other things.
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Remote work doesn’t only have pros, there are also cons that you eventually come to realize. Some remote workers miss socializing with coworkers, others may struggle to keep work and private life separate. This list was made including struggles that I and other teleworkers I know have experienced at some point, and also included some tips on how to overcome them.
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Some people wonder, what is it really like to work remotely? In this part 1 out of 2 discussing the pros and cons of remote work, I will first talk about the pros that I experienced while working from home.
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