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Office Work Cancelled Until Further Notice — How to Survive ‘Sudden Remote Working’

Cairo Walker
18 min readMar 11, 2020

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Disastrous events such as the outbreak of The Coronavirus and bushfires that caused a recent state of emergency in Australia have forced workers to stay and work at home without warning.

Organisations are continuing to respond by making it mandatory for staff to stay home amongst them are Twitter,Google, Coinbase and Amazon.

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If you find yourself a ‘Sudden Remote Worker’, what do you need to do to thrive? Here is a guide for managers and employees.

Remote Working FTW (For The Win)

Remote working, whether by accident or design, is the hot topic and trend for 2020.

I’m a long-term remote worker and a big fan. It’s been a conscious decision to design my life to minimise or eradicate anything I don’t like and to maximise the good stuff; remote working is part of that design.

I am uniquely suited to remote working. I read an…

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Cairo Walker

Analyst brain through the lens of an artist. Award-Winning Digital Marketer | Business Founder, Writer & Speaker. People-first approach to Tech, UX, Millenials.