One way to tell your manager that you plan to work remotely for the day is simply to inform him or her: “I will be working from home today.” No need for an excuse or a reason. If that’s the way you’d like to go about it, we have an email template for you to use. “I will be working from home today” (notification)…
After 10+ years in my home office, I’ve counted 70 unique reasons to work from home across seven categories. As a quick side note – I’ve covered similar topics like the benefits of remote work and excuses to work from home (temporarily or permanently). Click one of those links if it is a better fit. Otherwise, click below to jump to a category of great…
If you need email templates to request to work from home, you’ve landed in the right place. Below, you’ll find 18 work-from-home email requests organized into two categories: temporary requests (for a day or two) and permanent. Click any link below to jump to the template that matches your work-from-home request. Table of Contents Temporary Permanent WFH Temporarily (Weeks) Request To Present In Person Notifying…
You’ve see PLENTY of advice about how to build a remote company culture. But most of the articles I see offer intangible and esoteric advice, like “embrace transparency.” For me personally, I can’t do anything with that. It’s too hard to read those and then implement something that we can actually do each day, week, or month to improve the culture. Here’s my idea: 🛑 …
You may occasionally need to leave work early. We wanted to know what others in this position had done, so we asked our list of contributors for good excuses to leave work early. Their 19 suggestions range from excuses miss work on short notice to excuses that discourage questions (including bodily issues large and small), and excuses that can, if delivered correctly, make you look…
We’ve dusted the corners of the internet so you don’t have to. Here are 42 entry-level remote jobs that require no experience organized into 18 categories of work.
Look up ☝️. See our company name is Buildremote (emphasis on remote)? We don’t think you ever need an excuse to work from home, be it permanently or for a day. We asked our list of contributors to share their best excuses to work from home. We received 200+ reasons to work from home and organized the best ones into two categories. Click one of…
Michelle Coulson is the founder of Remote Rebellion where she has helped hundreds of remote job seekers to get a fully remote job in companies that align with their values and the lifestyle they seek. With nearly 10 years of experience as a recruiter and her own digital nomad story by moving to Bali in 2021, Michelle is the perfect resource to help others…
My warm feet stung the cold wooden floor as I walked downstairs to get a glass of water. It was 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in the middle of winter. Boston winter. I was staring down the barrel of another solitary day of work in my living room. Starting a software business by myself, in the middle of winter, in the middle of a pandemic;…
While working remotely is not a new concept (I’ve worked remotely for more than 10 years), prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, only a small fraction of the workforce worked away from a centralized office or business location. Like many workers, you may have gotten your first taste of remote work in 2020, as social distancing to slow the spread…