I work remotely and I would say that communication is much better and easier when working remotely for many people such as myself. Tapping someone on the shoulder is a LOT more intimidating than highlighting someone in chat. I don't want to bother people, I just want to be effective. Highlighting allows me to hit someone up with questions and they'll be able to respond depending on how urgent the task is in relation to their other tasks.
I will say I get more solo work done when I'm around people. It's hard to stay on task if you don't have the ambiance of people with expectations. I go to coffee shops, because even though they aren't my co-workers, if they see me working, they still have expectations. If they look over my shoulder and see me on social media, I've failed their expectations, and just that subconscious feeling does wonders to motivate me. I want to be a people pleaser and remotely that can be tough.
Thanks, I was wondering how to solve this very problem. I over-perform only when people are expecting something of me, to please them. Else I do simply nothing.
I will say I get more solo work done when I'm around people. It's hard to stay on task if you don't have the ambiance of people with expectations. I go to coffee shops, because even though they aren't my co-workers, if they see me working, they still have expectations. If they look over my shoulder and see me on social media, I've failed their expectations, and just that subconscious feeling does wonders to motivate me. I want to be a people pleaser and remotely that can be tough.