What do you like about remote work?
Interview with Rose, a co-founder growing the impact of remote work
Personally, it's not spending time on a commute, having the time to invest in Grow Remote or heading out for a walk. It gives me the flexibility to travel, to give a talk, or visit my family.
And for the wider community, it helps people to spend more time with their families and to get involved in their communities. It also reduces the number of people sitting in cars or on buses/trains when they don't need to.
It helps people to access better quality employment or work where the cost of living is more reasonable.
Rose balances part-time SEO work with leading Grow Remote—see how she optimizes her time to build a community and resource for remote workers.
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Interview with Erin, a videographer who found her freelancing niche
The flexibility and freedom you get with remote work are wonderful! I love jumping to different places because it helps me feel refreshed and more productive.
I remember going to the same office every day to the same desk at the same time, and that monotony led me to fall into a rut in my work.
A lot of remote workers are in creative fields and in my experience, switching up your location can really help you get out of a creative block.
Erin is a videographer who carved out a successful freelancing niche—see how she optimizes her time and plans for the ups and downs of freelance work.
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Interview with Hrishikesh, an entrepreneur helping to shape remote work
At an individual level, I spend very little time in commute and get to stay close to my family :)
As a manager/ lead, I get to work with the best talent and not settle for local alternatives. This goes a long way when you are building robust, lasting products.
Hrishikesh's platforms are helping to shape the world of remote work and the gig economy—see how he mobilizes his remote teams to facilitate this new future of work.
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Interview with Emma, a founder helping companies shape their remote work policies
I love the flexibility and freedom that remote work provides. As an employee, I had a lot of that. As a solopreneur running my own virtual show, I have even more, and I love it.
Emma carved out her own remote work niche—see how she manages her own virtual law firm while maintaining work/life balance.
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Interview with Andriy, a Wordpress developer & consultant
This doesn't apply to remote work, but rather freelancing (which are different sometimes) is that I have the freedom to schedule my own day and the fact that I don't get paid per hour of time, but rather per task/project.
So if I complete the job faster, I get paid the same amount as I would if it took me longer.
This obviously has a disadvantage, because sometimes you have to work longer than you estimated and you aren't getting paid for that.
But I still prefer this to hourly billing.
Andriy has a simple approach to productivity—learn about his one essential remote work tool & his strategy for selecting clients.
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Interview with Mary, a remote senior marketing content writer who maximizes downtime
I love that I can have music playing in the background while I'm working for that extra spark of creativity.
Sure, I could play music through headphones at the office—and have at past jobs—but at my current job, when I'm at the office, I learn more from listening to the sales reps pitching our sales acceleration software solutions on calls, so I avoid headphones there.
I also enjoy that I've made a clear time frame for myself that when I shut down the laptop at 4:30 PM, that's it for the day.
When I've worked remotely before, I could easily find myself working until eight or later (sometimes until 11) at night just because I could, but that wasn't healthy, because we all need downtime.
With the help of a Franklin Covey Notebook & a few rounds of Candy Crush—Mary shows how important downtime is to remote work. See how she maximizes her time and puts work-life balance first.
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