If you work remote; have you felt an increased pressure to be "always available" for work-related communications and tasks?

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Director of Marketing in Softwarea year ago

No. I’m lucky to have a manager who also works remote. So, she respects my work/life balance. 

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Director of HRa year ago

No I haven't.  I think I do put more work hours in - the boundary between work and home time is definitely more blurred, but I've always felt empowered to switch off when I needed or wanted to.  'Always available' doesn't feel like a healthy mindset I'm afraid.  

CMO in Services (non-Government)a year ago

Not really. Remote work allows us the flexibility to plan our day. We can set reasonable boundaries and most of the time these are respected. However since the environment is unstructured distractions are common. This hampers concentration and fixed work hours. The solution lies in proper time management and prioritization. Its all about ownership of deliverables. 

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