To help remote workers maintain work/life boundaries, encourage them to set expectations regarding their availability and schedule regular blocks of time away in their calendar. (Photo: Shutterstock)
After working all day remotely via email and the internet, it can be a challenge not to continue being online, so say 200 full-time remote workers responding to a Remote.co survey.
Indeed, unplugging after work hours is the biggest pain point remote workers encounter when working in their virtual environment, garnering the highest percentage–40 percent–for the respondents' top challenge.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
