5 Ways To Improve Remote Work Online Efficiency

Remote work and good workflow can go hand in hand.

Even as we may see a potential light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, there is a good chance many businesses will keep in place remote work policies. One reason large companies may choose to support remote work policies involves employee safety. Other reasons include such factors as it saves on office space and gives greater flexibility regarding talent pool,

Small and medium-sized businesses are still feeling things out. For them, it could come down to a combination of on-site and off-site employees, all trying to keep the business running as smoothly as they can.

That all said, you can improve how well employees manage remote work so your business can keep up with the rest of the world. Here are some suggestions for ways to reduce downtime and improve workflow for off-site employees.

Just because people are working from home doesn’t mean they won’t, on occasion, face similar tech issues they might experience in the office. Hardware fails. Software gets buggy. Network connections drop without warning.

Employees need tech support no matter where they are physically located — someone qualified to help with computer and network issues and is empowered to solve those problems, whether they be hardware upgrades, software registration, or account maintenance.

This needs to be an immediate, on-call service. Productivity plummets when employees can’t get work completed due to technical issues bogging them down.

If no one on staff can fill the tech support guru role, consider contracting with a managed service provider. One advantage of this is they can usually provide technical support outside of regular working hours, so if remote employees flex their schedules a bit, they still have much-needed support.

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