I’m blown away! 😮 Last week I posted on LinkedIn about remote work. Specifically about how remote work can support women with child caring responsibilities. ✅🤰

I've since been inundated with stories. 📈 Some positive. ⭐ Some incredibly frustrating. 🫠

✅ It sounds as though there are great companies out there helping people to do their best work while they care for others. 🙌🏻 Great news!

But... there are too many that aren't. ⛔

👇 I'm hearing from:

✔️ People (incl fathers) trying to balance childcare and work

✔️ Aunts/uncles caring for nieces and nephews

✔️ People caring for sick relatives

✔️ Those who experience disability requiring flexible work

✔️ People caring for their ageing parents

✔️ People suffering from illness while trying to balance work

✔️ And so many more!

There are so many reasons why flexibility isn't always a perk. For some, it can be a necessity. 💡

My hope is that we see a shift toward supporting ALL people in doing their best, most productive work – whether that's from the physical office or not. ✅

Suzanne also launched The Founder Wellbeing Project, a space that highlights the challenging side of running a business that isn’t often talked about, sharing raw stories from women in business and hosting wellbeing events that provide genuine connection and support. 🫶🏻💛

For Suzanne, being remote has offered greater flexibility and the ability to better align her days around work.

Remote work has given me the freedom to design my days around energy, wellbeing, and work I am passionate about. It’s allowed me to grow both my marketing studio and The Founder Wellbeing Project while living life on my own terms and focusing on projects that feel meaningful and aligned.

At Remote Squad, we love to see it! 🤩

For many of us, remote work means gaining the flexibility and freedom to do our best work. Whether that’s gaining more productivity, an improved work-life balance, or getting the chance to live or travel where we want to.

For others, it’s a necessity.

Take those who experience disability, for example. For someone with limited mobility, the commute is more than an inconvenience; it could be an impossibility.

How about someone who experiences PTSD? The office environment could be too stimulating or triggering for that person. The ability to work from home could mean creating a calming environment in which they can thrive.

More commonly, we hear about parents, especially mothers, who are struggling to manage childcare responsibilities alongside a typical 9-to-5 in-office job. It's not that those parents can't put in the same hours as others in the workplace. It's that the rigid approach, alongside a lengthy commute, can make doing both impossible.

Beyond caring for their own children, workers often have the responsibility to care for ageing parents, sick relatives, nieces, nephews, and more.

When organisations refuse to offer flexibility, it’s often not just inconvenient, but prohibitive for all of those groups.

That means:

The point is, I will continue harping on about remote work for ALL! But it's not necessarily a perk in many cases. It's a need and the ONLY option for many.

Have suggestions? Or want to feature as a success story? Feel free to email me: [email protected]

Until next time,
Chloe 👋