I thought that working remotely or in a hybrid model would simply mean that my life would get easier, but it’s not. Some days are great, and some days feel awful. It’s hard to build relationships, hard to read the room, and hard to know if you’re succeeding when you’re not physically present. I don’t want to give up the flexibility, but I don’t want to stall my career either. How do you actually make remote or hybrid work work for you?

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I’ve found it depends heavily on where you are in your career and life. If you’re early in both, no family, you need in-person time. It really is important at that stage for building friendships, connections, mentoring, soft skills, etc. You don’t gain much from flexibility on balance. As you get older, and ESPECIALLY when you have kids (or other obligations at home, like caring for a sick partner or aging parents), you REALLY benefit from that flexibility, and it can actually make you better professionally (by needing fewer sick days, managing your own workload, etc). And you just don’t need the same kind of hands-on attention and mentoring you once did. At least that’s how it’s been for me; I worked professionally for the better part of a decade pre-covid, so I’ve seen both sides.

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Agree 100%. People just starting out in their career benefit greatly from in-person time with co-workers, clients, and professional groups. Once you have a network in place, hybrid arrangements are probably the best. I’m at the end of my career (1 year to retirement) and am fully remote now, but if I were younger I would want irl face time with my colleagues.

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Remote works best when you have in person connections to build on. Go in more for a year, then go back to true hybrid. Or schedule in person meetings with folks so that you are building an in person foundation for your online interactions.

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I found remote work great—agree sometimes I don’t how someone feels about something, but I can sustainably bill 10 hours a day from home because I don’t have to worry about the drive, packing a bag, dressing business casual, etc. Are you the only one that is remote?

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I agree with all the above and will add it depends a LOT on how company culture feels about remote work more generally. If you are one of only a few in a large practice or company that is remote, it’s more likely you will struggle with progression as you are less visible.

I work completely remotely in house but with a completely decentralized team that’s all remote, so we have really good communication channels and opportunities for (albeit infrequent) in person off sites for social gatherings and networking.

I will say, in a remote setting, the “little conversations” and small talk you may often take for granted are huge. Note when a colleague says a family member’s name or notes a big event coming up so you can ask about it later. It shouldn’t feel forced, but I am a super social person so I love hearing about people’s lives outside of work and making connections that way. When your only forced interactions are all business, people really respond to others taking an interest in who they are.

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I have a session with my exec coach later this week to discuss exactly this.

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