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Remote
Work Internal Best Practices
(SAMPLE
– to be replaced by Our Company)
Here are two examples of how remote work has been used
successfully at Our Company:
Stanford Walker, Technical
Writer, Software
Stanford
was working in a Company office when his wife was transferred to
another state. The family had a choice, move or not move.
Stanford’s career or his wife’s. It happened that Stanford
was an individual contributor who worked very independently. His
wife’s job had to be done on site. So – Stanford approached
his manager, Jean Davis, and told her that he was planning to
move and wanted to request a remote work arrangement. Jean was
surprised at first, but then realized that the arrangement made
a lot of sense. Stanford could work anywhere. He didn’t need to have an
office at Our Company. It especially made sense given the space
crunch at this location. Stanford submitted his request and Jean
approved it.
Stanford took a few weeks off to move and get his new office set
up. Our Company provided him with the tools he needed to do his
work: a laptop computer, combination printer-fax-scanner, two
phone lines, a DSL line and an ergonomic chair. Sanford bought
the other furniture he needed.
Sanford says it’s been easy for him to keep in touch with
other workers using today's advanced technology. Our company is
benefiting because it no longer has to provide office space or
clerical support for Sanford.
There are also substantial benefits for Sanford. His remote work
arrangement allows him to play a larger role in his family
without compromising success in Our Company. It also eliminates
the stress he had commuting on a daily basis. He wonders why
there aren’t more remote work arrangements. Perhaps there will
be, Sanford, with you as a role model.
Jayne Golembe, Director,
Marketing
Sometimes things
happen serendipitously. Our Company conducted a national search
for a Director of Marketing who would move to Milwaukee and head
up the Marketing Department. The search failed.
But someone who was working in the department said she
knew a top Marketing Director in Chicago, Jayne Golembe, who
might be interested in applying if she didn’t have to move.
The employee gave the hiring team Jayne’s resume and the rest,
as they say, is history.
Jayne continues to live in
Chicago but spends four or five days a month in Milwaukee. She
already had a complete office set up in her Chicago home,
including a cable modem and two phone lines, so the costs to Our
Company are minimal. Jayne finds that by coming to the office
every month she can work one-on-one with her direct reports and
with her own manager. They know that when she’s not in
Milwaukee she’s easily reachable by phone or pager. Jayne
knows how important it is to communicate regularly with the
people in her department.
Jayne also knows the value of empowering her team members. She
coaches them regularly on how to make decisions for themselves
and they have all grown from this experience.
Jayne’s manager, Earl
Silver, was skeptical about hiring Jayne at first because of the
distance involved, but he’s very pleased with the arrangement
now. “I realize
that remote work can be both a recruitment and a retention tool.
I think it’s something we’re going to see more of in the
future.”
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