Setting clear expectations for how your team operates is essential to building an effective remote team.

Office hours allows you to pre-set your work schedule, on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It’s simple, but powerful. It helps remote teams:

• Set boundaries between work and personal time
• Set expectations for response times
• Protect “downtime” for teammates
• Provide context to help teams work better together

When you’re online and working, nothing will change.

When you’re offline, your Slack status will automatically update, letting your team know that you’ve checked out for the day (or weekend), and when you’re next expected to be back online.

Login to Holopod to update your office hours.

You can customize the status here.