
It is always recommended to mute yourself whenever you are not speaking without a noise canceling microphone. During calls, background noise from a cafe or a clicking keyboard can be highly distracting for both sides. Move to a quiet place for work if possible, especially during calls.Hearing your voice muffled is not the best experience for the other side. The microphones of a laptop are decent but not good enough to hear you clearly at all times.

However, when transitioning to working fully remote, it is recommended to: When temporarily working from home, it might feel adequate to work from the couch or dinner table. I am fortunate enough to have a good enough setup in place now. A decent setup is not only for you but also for your colleagues. Without a proper setup, you will fail to be as productive as you could be. This may sound obvious, but the right equipment is half the fun in remote work.

Productivity tricks such as to-do lists or journals can help. Set yourself goals for each day and follow them strictly to get a sense of achievement at the end. Additionally, when working remotely, self-motivation becomes key. Certain days in a co-working space can also help to get out of what can otherwise feel like a daily grind. Another room, if available, might do the trick. Close your laptop and put it out of your sight. Do not hesitate to set Slack to ‘do not disturb’ status and turn notifications off on your phone when possible.

You will be surprised how easily work can creep into previously private moments in your life. Respect your own timeĭo not forget to have lunch and do not have it in front of your computer. Here are four tips to integrate into your remote working routines from a reflection of my first three years of working remotely. Things turned out a bit different than planned and I did have my ups and downs with turning my plan into reality. As a result of my study, I made big plans, including working from a co-working space, setting up my desk and improving my work-life balance. My keenness transformed me into an avid remote work reader and connoisseur.

Already before moving away from Berlin, I was eager to learn more about remote working because I wanted to prepare myself for the big unknown. Taking it up a notch, about three years ago, I started to work fully remote from Vienna, Austria, in a country and city where commercetools does not have an office as one of the first fully remote employees. What has changed over the last two and a half years is that we have gotten better at effectively and mindfully creating a remote-friendly work environment together. We always supported people working from home. Even before the pandemic, commercetools has always been a remote and home office friendly employer.
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I have been working at commercetools as a Software Engineer for more than five years now. Veni, vidi, vici: my journey into mastering remote working
