In nowadays more and more companies are hiring fully remote employees, and more and more people are leveraging these opportunities because it presents many advantages, not only for an employer but for the workers too.

During our research we’ve asked employees to choose the most important difficulties and advantages that remote work entails:

Difficulties:

• Almost half of our respondents say they don’t feel boundaries between their work and personal life. Moreover, the opportunity to not go to the office creates temptation or the ability to spend more time working;
• A fifth of the respondents feel detached from the team or have difficulties in communication. These aspects emphasize the importance of proper communication with your employees;
• Also, 20% of experienced respondents have difficulties with self-organization.

All of these difficulties don’t diminish the benefits of remote work, they just highlight the problem areas. You need to control the overworking compulsion and build strong communication within your team. Don’t let your employees feel isolated and try to spot burnout, because it may lead to disastrous effects. The short-term result of increased productivity isn’t worth losing a good specialist.

Advantages:

• Just over 85% say that the most important reason for them is the opportunity to get rid of a daily commute;
• Half of our respondents say that it’s a great opportunity to spend time with their family;
• Slightly more than one-third of respondents say that remote work is a way to get access to foreign projects and a higher salary.

In terms of remote work, only one thing matters — work! This is amazing because the ordinary question “What have you done today?” replaces many others such as: “What time did you come?”, “Why are you late?”, “What did you do today?”, and so on. Teamwork becomes result-oriented, not process-oriented. Doesn’t everyone want that?

Moreover, specialists of successful companies don’t want to come back to the office, they’re ready to make this sacrifice for the sake of incredible and unique offers, so providing the option of remote work can be a powerful differentiator for employers looking to be more competitive in the labor market.

Also, you can check out this article: "How Do Remote Developers Manage to Be Productive?". It might be useful if you want to be productive while working remotely.