Work. But for now, from home.

Many com­pa­nies world­wide are being forced to switch to remote work. This work will most like­ly be con­duct­ed in messengers.

Remem­ber: chats tend to accu­mu­late ​“clut­ter” – the lat­est impor­tant news, a fun­ny pic­ture from an inter­est­ing chan­nel, or a new video from a favorite blog­ger, all of which can clut­ter the workspace.

Work­ing from home is pleas­ant and com­fort­able, but the effec­tive­ness of such work can dis­ap­point even the most dili­gent worker.

How to work with a remote team?

We have our own answer to this ques­tion. We are Work­sec­tion, a Ukrain­ian com­pa­ny, and we cre­ate tools for team­work. This is an online tool that helps orga­nize work from home by struc­tur­ing tasks, dead­lines, and responsibilities.

Work­sec­tion is a pow­er­ful Agile tool for plan­ning tasks, both for a month ahead and for short sprints.

• You can plan project tasks, assign a respon­si­ble per­son for each one, set dead­lines and pri­or­i­ties, attach files, and pro­vide a detailed task description.
• The employ­ee will always be aware of their tasks, when they need to be com­plet­ed, and in what order. You get a com­pre­hen­sive tool for remote team management.

Tip: Each task in Work­sec­tion can be set to repeat cycli­cal­ly. For exam­ple, if you have month­ly, sim­i­lar tasks.

• All cor­re­spon­dence is direct­ly linked to the task, so it’s quick and easy to dive into the details of the task.
• Under each task, you can leave a com­ment, attach a file, or cre­ate a check­list. Mes­sages and attached files will be stored under the cor­re­spond­ing task. A set of stick­ers will help quick­ly respond to com­ments. For exam­ple, you can ​“like” an employ­ee’s com­ment to approve it.

​All of this helps deal with the unique chal­lenge of man­ag­ing remote employ­ees – when there is too much infor­ma­tion, and some impor­tant task details get lost in the conversations.