If you are lucky enough to have relatives in another state or country, this supplies you with ample opportunity to prove your extended remote working abilities.
Having already proved your ability to telework part-time, it is time to show that you can work effectively when in complete isolation from your company for an extended period of time. Ensure that during your part-time teleworking arrangement you have resolved all the issues that could cause you to be called back to the office and come up with remote solutions for all the problems.
For example, you may opt for teleconferencing instead of coming into the office for meetings. If this isn’t an option, you can always have a pre-meeting discussion with your boss (over the phone or email) to determine the meeting agenda and if you are actually needed as an active part of the meeting or if he only wants a status update.
If you have proven yourself as a hardworking individual (which you probably have since you should be teleworking part time by now), your boss will understand if you tell him you would rather get on with work rather than spend a day travelling to the office for a meeting you do not need to attend. Ask if it is possible to update your boss weekly via email instead of attending regular meetings. Remember, there are multiple ways to get out of meetings, and if your boss understands that your goal is to spend more time working, they will usually be more willing to let you skip meetings.
So now you’ve come up with remote solutions to all issues that could pull you back to the office, it is now time to prove to your boss that you can indeed work independently and effectively no matter where you are.
While you may not conveniently have a relatives wedding or anything along those lines available in order to get far enough from the company to prove your extended remote working ability, it is always possible to come up with a fake plausible reason to leave the state or country.
Now, I know some of you may have qualms about lying to your company, however remember that the point is not to lie and go on holiday, the point is to lie so you can show your company that you are capable of working away from the office. You are still working, so the company loses nothing. Alternatively, you have everything to gain if your extended remote working test proves successful.
Upon returning to the office, this will provide your boss with irrefutable proof that you can work no matter where you are. At this point, you should be able to request a full time remote working agreement without any problems with the opportunity to relocate.
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Yasuo Long believes that all employees should have the right to design their lifestyle according to their needs in order to maintain their health, their relationships and their happiness. In pursuit of this, he quit the 9-to-5 and became a telecommuter to give himself the time and mental freedom to discover what it really means to live with direction and purpose.
