Work from Anywhere Policy

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Hey, community. I would need your help.Our company is currently defining a work-from-anywhere policy. The goal is to give some flexibility to people who want to work multiple weeks per year from anywhere in the world, but still have their base in the office. The current remote-work policy states that every employee has to work at least 4 days per month on-site in the office. This can be used either once a week or one full week per month. In addition to this, the current work-from-anywhere policy would state that everyone can work up to 3 consecutive weeks from anywhere in the world, but their working hours have to meet the working hours from the headquarters office, in case there is a time-zone difference. I would be interested in how other companies are handling the situation of work-from-anywhere. Especially when the work will be done from a different country and time zone. Does your company have any rules, policies, or principles in place for work-from-anywhere?Thanks for sharing 🙏

RoundUp1 · Accepted Answer

I work for a super small startup (&lt;50 people) and it's basically 'get your stuff done' and you're fine to work anywhere.

Our bosses felt that having so many rules like "X number of hours/days in office per Y numbers of days/weeks" was way too much to keep track of for everyone and you'd likely get more people trying to game the system, rather than take advantage of the perk for its intended benefit.

I don't really see what's wrong with your current remote-work policy. If folks want to take 3 consecutive weeks from anywhere in the world, can't they do what you said by just working 1 full week in office that month and taking the rest off?

I think if you get too in the weeds with policies and rules, you're gonna spend way too much time enforcing them

capitalconsultant · Answer

Did this at a couple companies and best for everyone involved was to set core hours as a matter of policy. It can seem nice to trust employees, but everyone actually appreciates the structure (had far more employee complaints without core hours). This can be company or division level, but set 4 hours a day that no matter what time zone you are working in, you are online/available during those hours. Other time can match the local time zone. Let's employees actually be able to adapt to a new time zone/live a normal schedule, but also does not impact the remaining team members.

Managers can provide exceptions as needed depending on the nature of work (HR/management did not enforce/monitor). If employee is not meeting those expectations, they can be asked to return to regular schedule/location.

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