Remote Engineering Management: Managing an Engineering Team in a Remote-First World

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A. SunderlandRemote Engineering Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8584-8_8

8. Burnout

Alexandra Sunderland¹  

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Ottawa, ON, Canada

 

When working in an office with someone in person, over time you start to understand their typical mood patterns and learn to pick up on certain behavioral cues that convey their current mental and emotional state. For example, you might recognize when they’re stressed out or tired because of the subtleties of their interactions with others or the amount of coffee they’re drinking; or you might notice when something must be going really well in their lives too. When working remotely, those cues don’t exist in the same ...