30 Jun 2022

Remote Jobs - Ireland

With many companies noticing the benefits and work life balance attainbale by offering remote or hybrid working options to their staff, more and more openings are becoming available.

Below, We have put together a list of some job roles currently availale actoss Ireland.

Always remember working from home may not suit everybody so if you are thinking of pursuing a work from home role you should really do your research.

Monster.com have put together this great list of the Pros & Cons of working from home:

Pros

You are truly independent. It’s much more than just the benefit of getting to work in your pajamas. Working from home means you’ll learn to rely on self-motivation, self-discipline, focus, and concentration.

“As you work through your career, those are really critical components for success,” says Fay. “It sounds simple and obvious but the time management and scheduling you have to do is an important skill to have.”

You can get more work done. As long as you’re not sneaking off binge Netflix, you can actually be more productive when working from home.

“For starters, the remote worker isn’t spending hours commuting,” says J.P. Giugliano, partner at talent acquisition firm WinterWyman. In fact, when Giugliano works remotely, he says it adds three hours of stress-free productivity to his day. Plus, you won’t have the occasional annoyances of office life: interruptions, loud co-workers, chatter, et cetera.

You’ll become a communications expert. When having a quick meeting in the break room isn’t possible, you have to get up to speed on what communication tools are available, says Fay. “From texting, Skyping, emailing, web meetings—out of necessity, you become very savvy in all of those.”

Cons

You may forget to clock out. While people might think working from home means doing less, the opposite might be true for diligent employees. “When you don’t have that separation of going to and from the office, your workday kind of blurs together into your home life,” says Fay. Feeling like you’re always “at work” could even lead to burnout.

You can feel out of the loop. You might not realize it until you’re not there, but there is a lot of casual collaboration that happens in an office, says Fay. Whether it’s picking up on the best practices of your colleagues or having an impromptu brainstorming session over lunch, it’s hard to replicate that from home.

You might not have full access to technology platforms. For the most part, cloud technology has made it easier than ever for remote workers to work from anywhere. However, Fay notes that there are situations in which data security or consumer protection concerns might prevent telecommuters from having full access.

Co-workers might accuse you of slacking. When you work from home and can’t get to a call or email right away, your co-workers may not give you as much leeway as they might if you were in the office. People might wonder if you’re taking it easy rather than pulling your weight. “Remember,” says Fay, “the onus is on the work-from-home individual to be overcommunicating what they’re doing and what they’re accomplishing.”

Original article: Monster Pros and Cons

There are also some legalities conntected to working from home, Make sure your current or prospective employer is doing things right - Citizens information have great resources available to employees who are working from home:

Citizens Information Working From Home Resources

To help, we have listed some handy tips on working from home:

- Set up a designated work space - this makes it easier to leave work where it is and enojy your time off

- Make sure you have all the tech you need (Your employer should supply you with any specialist equipment needed to carry out your job properly)

- Get dressed - It is very easy to lounge around in your Pjs all day while working away but getting dressed will help you switch more easily in and out of work mode.

- Reach out to your colleagues when you need to! Remote working can become lonely and isolating, make sure you reach out to team mates or even friends who work remotely if you are feeling the need!

- Know when to step away - Have a strict starting time, breaks and finishing time. Incorporate a small walk or stretch into each working day.

- Check out local work spaces - You may be able to work in your local library or a nice cafe on occasion, This can really break up the week and give you a sense of community and social interaction.

And most importantly, communicate with your manager, think of what kind of day you would like to have in your work from home role and discuss it with your manager, what works for you may also work for them!