Working from home - any tips or advice?

[sidekickdmr]

Start my new job next week and its a work from home role, having worked in financial services till this point I've never been able to work from home before.

Any hints or tips?

Thinking things like setting a routine, getting up and sitting at desk at a set time every day.

Not putting the TV on, but perhaps having the radio on quietly in the background.

Taking a decent lunch break/walking the dogs to break the day up, rather than lots of small breaks/in the fridge.

Cheers

[sidekickdmr]

Its a sales based role so will be on the phone most/a lot of the day, there will also be regular days in the office with the team and field sales, meeting people face to face, so I am not too concerned about the isolation. I also work in a satellite office at the moment with only 2 colleagues in their 60's so not going from a young diverse sociable team to nothing.

Going out for a coffee or a built up area isn't really a possibility, I'm very rural, however a daily dog walk on the beach and perhaps a pub lunch as a Friday treat could work.

[sidekickdmr]

Whilst there is always admin and emails to do, I guess I'm quite lucky that this is a B2B sales role, so as of 4.30/5pm there is no sales to be done and nobody to call.

Should make "shutting down" at the end of the day easier.

[sidekickdmr]

All very good points, thanks guys!

When I know the VOIP setup I'll pop back and ask for recommendations on wireless headsets as I think I will need one

Our broadband is fibre with 65 download speeds so should hopefully be fine, very lucky considering how remote we are!

And active/interaction wise, I've already signed up to the local rugby and boxing clubs so I'll be out and active every tues and thurs eve