Five Types of Remote Workers you will run across in the Virtual Office. Interacting with a variety of office personalities is what makes coming into work every day an adventure! But what if you work remotely from your home office? As anyone who has ever been a teleworker or collaborated with teleworkers before knows, you don’t have to look very far to find a range of colorful virtual coworker profiles as well.

1. Five types
of remote workers you’ll run
across in the virtual office

2. Interacting with a variety of office personalities
is what makes coming into work every day an
adventure! But what if you work remotely from
your home office? As anyone who has ever been a
teleworker or collaborated with teleworkers before
knows, you don’t have to look very far to find a
range of colorful virtual coworker profiles as well.

3. 1. “Always On”: We’ve all heard that
remote working at least part of the time can
boost productivity among certain employees, but
the “Always On” remote worker takes that to the
next level. She is quick to respond to emails at
any time of the day and night and weekend, and
her presence status is nearly always online.

4. 2. “Invisible (Wo)Man”:
The polar opposite of the “Always On” profile,
the “Invisible” remote worker is never to be
found. Getting a timely email reply is nearly
as impossible as the chance of catching her
on chat as her status is set most of the time
to Away. Despite having a range of virtual
collaboration and communication tools within
reach, the “Invisible” remote worker is anything
but connected. Offline

5. 3. “Road Warrior”: We’ve all been
on the odd conference call with the guy or gal
sprinting through an airport terminal or parked
on the side of a noisy freeway. The “Road
Warrior” is rarely ever in one place for long but
constantly on the move visiting prospects and
clients, inspecting sites or attending seminars
in different cities, connecting from whichever
device is handiest in the moment – laptop,
smartphone, tablet or all of the above.

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4. “Conversationalist” : Despite
being out of the office, the “Conversationalist”
makes the most of virtual communication
applications to connect orally with everyone!
The equivalent of an open space buddy stopping
by your desk to chitchat, the “Conversationalist”
prefers verbal collaboration over written. When
your VoIP interface, mobile or landline rings,
chances are that your “Conversationalist”
remote co-worker is on the line.

7. 5. “Hybrid”: Seen both in-person and
online, the “Hybrid” remote employee boasts
a mastery of work-life balance, collaborating
in the office when physical meetings are
required and virtually when other priorities take
precedence. For the “Hybrid” remote worker,
having access to the same communication
tools, applications and solutions is essential
to maintaining seamless productivity from any
location.

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