How to Know if Your Remote Employee is Really Working

Teresa Douglas
Sep 5, 2018 · 6 min read

Back Away from the Surveillance Equipment

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If you read the comments section on articles about working remotely, someone inevitably asks ‘how do I know if my remote employees are working?’ The concern is that employees will loaf without a manager to watch them. I’ve managed remote teams as small as twenty and as large as 100, spread across California. Most of my people did…

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Teresa Douglas

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MBA, MFA. Analyst. Business writer, runner, persistent knitter. Blog: teresamdouglas.com. Find 'Secrets of the Remote Workforce' at: https://amzn.to/2MZoBWn

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