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How to create a work from home policy (a guide)

Whether you’re building a remote-first business or you’re transitioning to a hybrid model, a work from home policy is crucial for setting expectations and establishing guidelines. Over the past decade, our fully remote team has grown to 100+ employees in 31+ countries. The Time Doctor team knows first-hand just how important it is to create a clear policy for both employees and managers.

What a hybrid work policy should include (+ free template)

If your organization plans to join the nearly 75% of businesses that offer a hybrid work model, take time to create comprehensive guidelines. With a hybrid work policy, you can avoid common issues with flexible work arrangements, including: Developing a policy that works for both management and employees doesn’t have to be difficult. In this article, you’ll find everything you need to get started, including a hybrid work policy template and suggestions for what to include.

Remote employee management: How to avoid 11 common pitfalls

Hiring a remote team has many advantages, from increased flexibility to decreased capital expenses. Yet remote work environments also have several downsides that, if left unchecked, can seriously compromise performance and even reduce retention rates. After 10+ years of working remotely—starting long before working from home became the norm—the Time Doctor team knows all the ups and downs of this work model.

Ready, set, scale! Is your tech company prepared?

Around 20% of startups in the US fail within a year. Half won’t be around in five years, and nearly two-thirds (65%) fail within a decade. It’s easy to look at those figures and lose faith. Success stories that tell of founders growing from a garage to a billion-dollar tech giant could be considered the stuff of legend. But here’s the thing: those companies do exist, especially in the tech industry.

What is an agile work environment? (Benefits & drawbacks)

An agile work environment is a non-traditional workspace that allows flexible work styles and locations. While traditional offices assign employees to desks, an agile office lets teams move around the workspace to collaborate and work more efficiently. How could this type of workspace benefit your hybrid team? This guide covers everything you need to know about setting up an agile environment, including benefits, drawbacks, and a framework for success.

10 best overtime tracking software & tools of 2023

When you’re working on a major project or toward a critical deadline, overtime hours are often inevitable. So how can you keep projects on budget? If you’ve tried tracking overtime with manual time sheets, you’ve probably found this process isn’t as reliable or inexpensive as you’d thought. For accurate overtime tracking, dedicated software is essential.

Understanding AI in the workplace

For over 50 years scientists have talked about the benefits and dangers of AI (artificial intelligence). These range from freeing up our time to live a more leisurely life, all the way to wiping us out entirely. Until recently, however, the hype was completely unjustified. The joke being that truly useful AI, like nuclear fusion, was always ten years away. In the last 6 months, at least in the mind of the general public, that perception of AI as an over-hyped technology has begun to change.

Google's back-to-office move: what does it mean for remote and hybrid work?

Hello there, Time Doctor community! Today we’re bringing you a hot topic making waves in the remote work world. Google, the tech giant known for its innovative work culture, has made a significant move that is shaking up the world of remote and hybrid work. Here’s what’s happening.

Harnessing the power of Apple Vision Pro for remote work

In the era of remote work, technology is at the forefront of bridging the gap between teams spread across different geographical locations. One such groundbreaking innovation that promises to redefine our remote work experience is Apple’s Vision Pro headset. This revolutionary mixed-reality headset, unveiled at Apple’s annual WWDC keynote, is packed with features to facilitate collaboration and enhance productivity in remote work. Here’s how.

Stress Less, do more: Automating business processes for a healthier work-life balance

Hey, fellow warrior for a good work-life balance! If you’re currently reading this, you know how hard it is to handle a lot of business chores every day. One minute you’re doing taxes, the next you’re buried in emails, and before you know it, it’s past midnight and you still have work to do. Do you recognize it? We felt that way. But what if we told you there’s a better way to handle all this chaos?