Well-being & Workload
Remote Work Check-In
A remote work check-in is a conversation with an employee who works from home or in a hybrid arrangement. It covers how the setup works in practice: equipment, communication, visibility, isolation and the boundary between work and home. These questions help you spot what is invisible from a distance and adjust the way you manage and support the person.
17 questions
When to use this template
- A few weeks after someone starts working remotely or moves to a hybrid schedule.
- When you sense a drop in communication, visibility or connection with the team.
- Regularly with remote team members, as a complement to task-focused one-to-ones.
Questions to ask
Working setup
- 01How is working from home going for you overall?
- 02Do you have the equipment, connection and space you need to work well?
- 03What would improve your setup?
Communication and collaboration
- 04How easy is it to reach colleagues when you need them?
- 05Which tools or meetings work well, and which ones do not?
- 06Do you get the information you need as quickly as people in the office?
- 07Is there anything you find harder to do remotely than in person?
Connection and visibility
- 08How connected do you feel to your team?
- 09Do you feel your work is visible and recognised?
- 10How do you feel about the time you spend in the office, if any?
- 11What would help you feel more part of the team?
Balance and boundaries
- 12How do you manage the boundary between work and the rest of your day?
- 13Do you find it easy to disconnect in the evening?
- 14Are you able to take breaks and move during the day?
Ways to improve
- 15What should we do more of, or less of, to work well as a distributed team?
- 16What would you like from me to feel supported?
- 17How often would you like us to check in?
Tips for a useful conversation
- Ask about practical things first, such as equipment, connection and workspace, before moving to feelings.
- Focus on results and agreed availability rather than on being online all the time.
- Check how the person experiences meetings and chat: remote employees often feel excluded without saying so.
- Treat isolation as a team design issue: plan time for informal contact and not only for tasks.
- Check the practical and legal rules that apply in your country and company for remote work, such as equipment and working time.
Mistakes to avoid
- Monitoring activity or connection time instead of discussing outcomes and support.
- Assuming that no news means that everything is fine.
- Giving the office-based colleagues more visibility and information than the remote ones.
- Expecting people to be available at all hours because they are at home.
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