Engineering Advice You Didn't Ask For S01E06 - Is Remote Work Burning You Out? Guest: Marissa Goldberg
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Apr 26, 2022 Marissa Goldberg, founder of Remote Work Prep, dives deep into the challenges and strategies of remote work. She shares insights on avoiding burnout and the importance of setting clear boundaries between home and work. Marissa highlights the value of people-first practices and how they can enhance remote team retention. The conversation also explores async-first leadership, recommending fewer meetings to allow for deep work, and the delicate balance of using video during remote interactions. Finally, she offers innovative strategies to recover from burnout effectively.
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Onsite Perks Can Mask Identity Risks
- Employees whose lives revolved around onsite perks lose identity when forced remote, increasing burnout risk.
- Remote-first work flips the model: life should revolve around healthy work, not the other way around.
Create A Meeting Framework
- Do design a meeting framework: which days, time windows, meeting counts, and allowed formats.
- Do schedule deep work first and limit meetings (e.g., max three short meetings per meeting day).
Turn Video Off By Default
- Video-by-default increases fatigue, inequity, and misinterpretation across cultures and bandwidths.
- Turn video on for relationship calls; keep most information-sharing audio or screen-share only.
