"Working from home comes with attractive benefits, including eliminating long commutes and creating more flexibility between work and life. But many remote and hybrid workers have quietly developed home office habits that undermine their effectiveness and visibility, both of which are essential to career advancement. Working from home can create significant, measurable risks to career progression. To counteract this, remote workers need to eliminate unproductive habits and be more intentional about how they work from home."
"More and more, people are working at least part-time from home, and many of them have never been deliberate about creating an office environment that's energizing and conducive to productive work. Many people who work from home at least part of the time still don't have a dedicated workspace. As a result, they tolerate daily irritations that drain their energy, impact their health, and make it harder to be their best. Research consistently shows that ergonomic home offices significantly boost productivity and reduce physical strain."
Remote and hybrid work offers benefits such as eliminating commutes and increasing work-life flexibility, but also creates threats to advancement when workers develop counterproductive home office habits. Many remote workers lack dedicated, ergonomic workspaces, tolerating poor lighting, awkward camera angles, and distracting backgrounds that drain energy and reduce effectiveness and visibility. Home-office design frequently lowers productivity and weakens professional presence, creating measurable risks to career progression. To protect careers, remote workers need to remove unproductive habits, intentionally upgrade home-office ergonomics and setups, and create environments that boost energy, health, and professional impact.
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