As the deadly covid situation continues, life has changed into a different module. All are stuck in the house as lockdown – shutdown has started again. At this point, there is no rush to go to the office every morning. Instead, the office has moved into the home. Just need to open the laptop on time and sit down to start the office. From office tasks to meetings and conferences; all the work of the day is running from home now. Hence the fact is that it’s not always possible to bring the office atmosphere to home completely.
Essential Home Office Tips
Now employees are doing office work in their home clothes, even sitting in video meetings as they are. Just like sitting in a video meeting is not a sign of professionalism, you have to pay attention to some manners or etiquette.
Formal Dress Code Selection for Video Meeting and Conferences
Surely you are wondering, what is the urgency of following so many formalities while working from home? There is no issue in wearing home attire in the home office but you have to be extra careful during video meetings. No matter how comfortable the home dress is, it is important to make a little change in the online meeting of the office.
Tidy yourself up a bit before sitting in an office video meeting. You can sit with a formal attire like a shirt or suit as you wish. In general, the type of clothes you wear to the office is enough to keep the trend. There is no need to do extra facial and hair style before meeting time. Just comb the hair well. For females, sometimes light makeup can be done as needed. Apply moisturizer on the face, you can apply a light compact on it. Apply lip gloss on the lips.
Suitable Place Selection Before Office Meetings
Now let’s come to the place selection from where you can run video meetings without any interruption. Have a video meeting in a place where people from home don’t usually come. If necessary, you can notify them in advance so that you don’t have to be embarrassed. There should be enough light in the place.
Pay special attention to the background. Majority have messy things in their house and a messy environment can be seen all over the house. In this case, the part of the house that can be seen in the background should be well decorated and cleared from unusual things. And if you need to jump on an emergency call suddenly, at least choose a good corner or remove unnecessary nonsense from the background.
Be Punctual At Home Office Work and Meetings
Video meetings can have connectivity issues or mechanical issues. If you login at the very last minute, it may not be possible to handle such mechanical errors. So login and wait at least half an hour before the meeting starts. You also need to check if the computer camera and microphone are working perfectly. It is very important to adhere to the schedule set by the office. If the office time starts at 9 o’clock, you have to start work on time. Breakfast should be taken before office hours. And of course working from home does not mean both housework and office work together. Employees must work according to the office schedule.
Home Office Manners During Video Call and Meetings
You should not cut your nails or sit in a lazy mood during video meetings. You should be present in the online meeting in the same way as you are present in the physical office meeting usually.
It’s not okay to leave the chair unless you need to. Nothing should be eaten except tea, coffee or water during the meeting. If there is annoyance in something, it should not be an impression on the face, especially notice if the eyebrows are even wrinkled. Keep a water bottle or glass close at hand. Sit down with notebooks and pens. And yes, you must keep your mobile phone silent.
Make sure you do not sneeze during the meeting. At any other time in the office meeting, these issues may not have been noticed by anyone. But frowningly sneezing in a video meeting will easily catch everyone’s eye which can have a negative effect on your image in the meeting.
If you can follow these home office manners and etiquette properly, you will be able to spend your home office time fresh and awesome. So, relax till the lockdown stays and you can go to the office and work as before. But before that you have to be sincere about the home office and try to adapt to the home office environment. Let the world be healed. Everyone has the desire to get back to normal life. Work Hard and Take Care!
Shuvo Roy, an enthusiastic Content Writer & Researcher, has expertise in several industries, especially in IT, Software & E-commerce. Moreover, he is a strategic planner.
