Etiquette of remote work
Did you know today is Bring Your Manners To Work Day?
For this occasion, here is a list of remote work etiquette tips that ensure you won’t end up on the memes with your spouse in underwear in the background of a zoom meeting.
Etiquette of remote work tips
Don’t schedule meetings that should be emails. Ensure there’s a true value in every real-time discussion.
Don’t forget the mute button exists.
Test your audio and video in advance.
Dress appropriately. And yes, this applies to pants as well.
Define your working hours. You can share your calendar to let everyone know when to reach you.
Use Out of Office automatic email replies during holidays or people will think you are just ignoring them.
Don’t be the person pinging colleagues and clients when it’s inappropriate. Remember about boundaries and avoid communication after working hours.
Be clear about time zones if you are working with foreign partners. Someone might be expecting a reply from you ‘by the end of the day’, which is actually tomorrow morning for them.
Make sure everyone has access to what you are sharing.
Resolve comments in docs where a discussion has been resolved or a question answered.
Make time to connect with new colleagues and greet new clients warmly. For example, in Etcetera, we all send short welcome messages in Skype to new team members.
Use emojis. Without face-to-face communication, it can be hard to understand if you are annoyed or just joking.
- And a pro tip from our CBDO Kristina “Do everything with a smile. Even if you are just writing to a client – smile and somehow they will feel it when reading the message”.
Did you already know and practice all those tips? Great, but we all have the particular type of colleague, who needs to read this, so share the post with them!
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