Since COVID-19 hit, most businesses have trialled working from home. What have you learnt from managing a remote workforce, and working remotely yourself? And how will you take these lessons with you?

Renae Bunster

Bunsters Worldwide founder and former TV journalist

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At Bunsters, everyone works remotely, and always has. We set the business up like this. It means we can find the best employee for the job, not just the best person who applied in our local area.

COVID-19 has had no effect on our workforce so it was a great decision we made when we started hiring five years ago.

But what COVID has taught us, mainly from talking to friends, is that not everyone has the concentration or life circumstances to work remotely. Everyone has conflicting priorities affecting them that they can’t control at home.