Managers response to Employee’s visibility at work while working remotely

Visibility has taken a hit during the pandemic as businesses made the shift from working in the office, to working from home. Most businesses or organizations were setup for effective communication in the office, but  remote teams have a different set of communication challenges. The shift to work-from-home has made communication less effective, creating visibility problems. Although ineffective communication is not the only reason for the lack of visibility, lack of access to important information and processes is an even bigger problem. With everyone working in their own silo, how do you bring everyone on to the same page?How do you make sure that everyone knows what is expected of them and how to meet that expectation?How do various team leaders know what the team members are working on, if they are on track and what help they need?

These are major problems faced by work-from-home or remote teams because of a lack of visibility.For those workers who tried to overcome such challenges and try to be visible, almost all the managers agreed they had a favorable impression of the person who went the extra mile. A little over half of managers made efforts to check in directly with their employees and most often recommended those who offered new ideas.

Many of the managers had made sure there was space to accept employee feedback, attendmore meetings, scheduling additional brainstorming session, and trying to make more time for employee bonding activities.