June Lyn

Reading a book is very important, you are not doing any favors if you are one of those people who haven't read even part of a book within the past months. I am so thankful that I got to have a chance to read the "Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams" book. In this book, you will learn different preferences and views of CEOs and employees in working back to the office after the pandemic vs. working fulltime in a telework setting. You can also check-out the result of the survey here from big companies, that remote workers showed higher or equal productivity than before the pandemic, because it makes the employees more flexible to do the tasks at times that work best for their work/life balance, rather than the traditional 8-hours schedule. By reading this, it helps me realize the advantages of working from home, and what to do when you reach to the point of having the feeling of overworked and burned out. If I could have read this book earlier, I could have prepared myself better mentally and emotionally from the start. Since the March 2020, I was really eyeing and eager to work from home fulltime for safety purposes. And, when I finally got it, I experienced depression and anxiety. Maybe because of the transition from office based to homebased that really needs an adjustment and additional resources as well. But, I did not allow such to consume me. I find ways to cope with it. Same as what you have stated in the book, to seek for a professional development on how to work effectively. I did an exploration of the things that will help me become motivated while staying at home like having a physical and mental breaks, such as stretching or walking around, to counteract the dangerous effects of prolonged sitting. I am a bit surprised with the result of the survey here, but somehow I agree to this because this is exactly what I am feeling right now, that if the workers who worked remotely during the pandemic didn’t have substantial work-from-home options after the pandemic, they would be less happy and fulfilled, unwilling to go the extra mile to do the assigned tasks.