The Snowquester is upon us. Kids in the region have been waiting a good two years to finally see some snow, but if you listen closely you will hear a collective groan from bosses around the Beltway as they try to navigate the slalom course that is a snow day.
Here are things you can do today that will help you manage tomorrow.
For bosses:
- Communicate your expectations to your employees now. Go write a quick email. What do you expect your staff to do? What work absolutely needs to be done on-site? What can be done remotely? Outline your work-from-home and your vacation-day policies. Let employees know what will be expected of them if they can't get to the office.
- Do a quick check to see who can connect to your network from home. Who can and can't access what?
- Send around a list of employee phone numbers so everyone has the most current information.
- Tell people when they can expect to hear from you if the office is closing and how they'll hear it (website? email? text?). Explain what "closing" means.
- Get an idea of which workers could be affected by school and child care closings.
- Make sure all employees have a contact person at the company. Their direct manager? You? Both?
Read the full article online at the Washington Business Journal.
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