by Dan Houghton (Senior IT Technician)
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17 April 2020
Hello Everyone, I hope you are keeping well! It's 2020 - everyone around the world has had a huge change in daily life, caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19). Social distancing has been implemented to prevent the spread of the virus, this has resulted in remotely working from home being more common than it ever has been before. As a Senior IT Technician at L.E.A.D. IT services, part of my job involves support visits to schools and businesses on a daily basis. This has a huge social aspect to it, which is one of the things I love the most about my job. I love catching up with my schools, making sure staff and students are okay and generally keeping in touch every week. Due to the social distancing measures put in place by the Government my working day has inevitably altered. Quite rightfully to protect my schools, my colleagues and the NHS. As you will be able to appreciate from your own experiences, I've had to adapt to home working and loosing a big part of the social element in my job. Here are my five top tips to working remotely at home: