Over the last 6 months, we have all talked, written and listened a lot about remote working, adapting quickly, tools used, productivity, etc. How do those who are in the field all day long and always work remotely and those who try to coordinate their field team from the office approach this situation? Our article, which we compiled based on Pintask users, may be useful for you to compare your approach to remote working.
In the field, you are away from the office and can be alone
Field workers sometimes go to different points during the day, sometimes in teams of one or more people, to complete their work. So how do they feel part of the team? The most important point here is seen as communication. People who have set their goals correctly, who can see their impact on the whole and their role in the team, who can communicate with the rest of the team whenever they want, and who can easily communicate the problems they experience in their work do not have any problems with remote working and adapt to their working arrangements easily.
It's hard to be productive while working remotely... is it really?
In addition to the work you do in field work, you need to travel a certain distance and find the address. Since these take certain periods of time, you need to measure how long the work will take and assign it to your employees accordingly so that efficiency can be measured. In fact, the important point here is to decide what you will measure. Everything that can be measured has the possibility of being improved. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the work done first and make the right planning. Then, it is necessary to clearly determine the goals and make efficiency systematic.
Do we have full confidence that the team is working when we are not in the same place?
How do you cope with the need to check things when you are in different places? Do you think constantly calling and working with the camera on can build trust that things are going well? Everyone knows that micromanagement has a detrimental effect on employees. All you need to do is search for micromanagement on Google. What we actually want to track is our goals. Teams that have work in the field can solve this by incorporating it into their work processes in Pintask. Uploading photos of work from the field and simply changing the status of the work is already part of the processes of field workers. In this way, managers are constantly informed and employees do not lose motivation.
Those who send their teams to dozens or hundreds of different places every day tell us the following in summary: “Focusing on two important points can eliminate the problems experienced: Determining the right performance criteria and establishing trust within the team through a solid communication channel.”
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