{"id":14581,"date":"2020-03-06T18:59:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T02:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getlighthouse.com\/blog\/?p=14581"},"modified":"2024-07-10T18:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:24:21","slug":"transition-to-remote-work-help-your-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getlighthouse.com\/blog\/transition-to-remote-work-help-your-team\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Crucial Keys to Helping Your Team Transition to Remote Work Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you ready to transition to remote work today?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Coronavirus spreading rapidly, many companies are making the tough, but necessary decision to have their team move to working remotely. The risk is too great with the ease with which this virus is spreading between people. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Death to the open office.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There's been a lot of research<\/a> that shows open offices do not have the desired effects executives hope they do. They actually tend to make people communicate less, and are hated by many staff who have difficulty focusing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And most importantly for our present world crisis: they spread disease much greater than other office designs. The National Research Centre for the Working Environment found that<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Occupants in open-plan offices (>6 persons) had 62% more days of sickness absence.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Remodeling your building to suddenly not be row upon row of open office desks, and disinfecting everything constantly isn't really feasible, which is why so many companies including Square<\/a>, Google<\/a>, Stripe, Twitter, and Coinbase<\/a> are closing their offices temporarily.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Founders & business leaders: We sent this note to Sequoia founders\/CEOs to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their business while dealing with the consequences of the coronavirus. We hope it's helpful to you during these turbulent times. https:\/\/t.co\/SRuqVGT8vD<\/a><\/p>— Sequoia Capital (@sequoia) March 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>