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The five step method explains one way you can accomplish this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the five step method for convincing your boss to let you work from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <strong>Five Step Method<\/strong> for Working Remotely<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a five step method to convincing your boss to let you work remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Make yourself more valuable.<\/strong> You can do this by asking your company to pay to train you, so that if you quit, they lose that investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shortform Example: Chidi is a blog writer. He asks his boss to send him to a blogging conference.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Prove that you\u2019re more productive outside the office. <\/strong>Call in sick for two days and work from home. (Choose Tuesday and Wednesday so it doesn\u2019t look like you\u2019re pretending to be ill to get a long weekend.) 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Ask for a trial period of one day per week for two weeks.<\/strong> Plan what you\u2019re going to say, but ensure you don\u2019t come off as too formal, or your boss might worry that you want a permanent change. Tell your boss how much more productive you were when you were \u201csick,\u201d answer any of their questions about logistics, and ask for two remote days a week so if they say no you can counter with one. Start with this small ask because asking to go fully remote is such a big change your boss might refuse. Additionally, a trial also gives you a chance to practice working remotely, so that when you do make the changeover, it\u2019s seamless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shortform Example: Chidi requests to work remotely for two days each week. Chidi\u2019s boss asks him about how he would work on anything that required software on work computers, and Chidi tells him about a remote access program he used on his days away that worked perfectly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Increase your trial period until it becomes the norm.<\/strong> Be exceptionally productive on your remote days. You can even be less productive on your in-house days to make the difference more obvious. Every time you ask for an incremental increase in remote work, stress the benefits to the company of you working remotely. Address any concerns and reassure your boss that the move is reversible. Keep requesting trials until you get to full-time remote.<strong> Ideally, this will be at a time when your company is in the middle of something they need you for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shortform Example: After Chidi\u2019s two-day-per-week trial, he asks to move to four remote days a week. Chidi\u2019s boss has some concerns\u2014chiefly, he\u2019s worried that Chidi wants to work remotely because he\u2019s about to quit. Chidi reassures him that this is not the case\u2014since he\u2019s started working remotely, he\u2019s much happier. Reassured, his boss approves the new trial.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think this will work, try to five step method to start working remotely. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the five step method to convincing your boss to let you work remotely? How do you use the five step method? In order to work remotely, chances are you&#8217;ll have to convince your boss first. The five step method explains one way you can accomplish this. 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