According to 2015 Gallup research, 37% of workers in the United States telecommute, compared to just 9% in 1995.
Having some form of remote work policy is now a common business norm, but that doesn’t mean businesses—and remote employees—are adequately prepared to handle the challenges of remote work.
Trust, of course, is a big factor. No manager who doesn’t trust their employees is going to sign off on remote work—not when there’s the danger of at-home distractions to an already unreliable team member.
And on the worker’s side, no one wants to go unrecognized for work done, especially when the business that they work for has put trust in them with a remote work policy
