Remote Work Loneliness: How to Protect Your Mental Health When Working Remotely
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Since the start of the pandemic, working from home has become the new normal for many employees and companies. While working outside the office has its benefits — no more long, gas-guzzling commutes, for instance — there is still one downside many employees face: remote work loneliness.
Before the pandemic, it was normal to make friends around the office, crack jokes in the break room, or participate in fun, in-person team-building activities. However, those things aren't possible when you're working from home and your coworkers are scattered around the country. So, working from home can feel isolating.
Fortunately, there are strategies you can implement to protect your mental health and feel less lonely as you work from home or remotely.
5 Tips to Avoid Loneliness When Working From Home
I asked fellow HubSpotters and professionals across different industries for tips on avoiding work-from-home loneliness. Here is what they had to say:
1. Schedules 'get to know you' calls.
Jen Bergren, Head of Operations at Remotish, says "get to know you" calls are an important part of her team's onboarding process.
"One of the team's favorite tasks in our onboarding is for the new team member to schedule a short call with every other person on the team, individually, in their first two weeks for a 'get to know you' casual call," she said. "We also make sure the new team members have at least one real-time...
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