![\"Working](\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Working-From-Home-Advice-1-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nBefore you start working from home it is important to make sure you clearly understand your requirements and responsibilities. Are they the same or different to working in the office and can you expect any support?
\nFor example, some companies are prepared to provide you with a computer and telephone to work from home, while others will not. Most established companies have guidelines on this, while smaller and newer companies may be open to negotiate a little.<\/p>\n
2. Meet And Exceed Your Employer\u2019s Expectations<\/h2>\n
The key to \u2018working at home\u2019 success is to ensure you repeatedly meet and surpass your boss\u2019 expectations. It doesn\u2019t matter how many hours you put in (because your boss can\u2019t see you), if you don\u2019t meet your targets, your boss will be unimpressed. Communication is paramount. You need to find a way to let them know how hard you are working and your achievements or risk being a scapegoat when something goes wrong further down the line.<\/p>\n
![\"Working](\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Working-From-Home-Advice-2.jpg\")
<\/a>3. Establish A Work Space<\/h2>\nThis is one of the most important aspects of working from home. You need to delineate the lines between home-life and working-at-home-life. Your \u2018work \u2018space should be clean, quite and far away from any distractions such as your laundry pile and family pets. Get yourself a good chair and large monitor to make sure you don\u2019t hurt your posture, unplug your home phone and get to business.<\/p>\n
4. Set Strict Work Goals<\/h2>\n
Setting goals, whether they be time goals or achievement targets, are vital to keep you on the right course, and analyse your progress. With working at home comes bucket loads of autonomy and independence, however this can feel isolating and lonely without the regular contact from an office. You need to make sure you have some way to monitor if you are doing well and are still on track to success.<\/p>\n
5. Assess Your Progress Weekly\u00a0![\"to-do-list\"](\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/to-do-list-300x201.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat have you accomplished this week? Make a list at the start of the week of everything you plan to achieve, determine your goals. This acts as a quick and easy check to make sure you are meeting everyone\u2019s expectations and working on track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Working from home can be a very rewarding experience, if you know how to do it right. It is a common misconception that working from home is automatically easy and stress-free. In fact, it can be incredibly testing for you, your family and your employer. To keep you on the straight and narrow, and to Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,127,75],"tags":[264,266,265],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment","category-fun","category-tips","tag-home-office","tag-remote-working","tag-working-from-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor example, some companies are prepared to provide you with a computer and telephone to work from home, while others will not. Most established companies have guidelines on this, while smaller and newer companies may be open to negotiate a little.<\/p>\n
![\"Working](\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Working-From-Home-Advice-1.jpg\")
<\/a>3. Establish A Work Space<\/h2>\nThis is one of the most important aspects of working from home. You need to delineate the lines between home-life and working-at-home-life. Your \u2018work \u2018space should be clean, quite and far away from any distractions such as your laundry pile and family pets. Get yourself a good chair and large monitor to make sure you don\u2019t hurt your posture, unplug your home phone and get to business.<\/p>\n
4. Set Strict Work Goals<\/h2>\n
Setting goals, whether they be time goals or achievement targets, are vital to keep you on the right course, and analyse your progress. With working at home comes bucket loads of autonomy and independence, however this can feel isolating and lonely without the regular contact from an office. You need to make sure you have some way to monitor if you are doing well and are still on track to success.<\/p>\n