In so many of the topics we discuss related to remote and work-life balance, so often these things come back to trust. Does the employer or manager trust the team member to work remote? Do they trust you to manage their own schedule? Put in a full work week? Put in what's needed? Stay focused enough?

As an employee, do your trust your employer or manager to support you (and not punish, intentionally or not) when you exercise reasonable work-life balance needs? Or do you feel the need to 'hack' it and look like you're online while you step away for 5 minutes? Hide your work-life needs? Or not take what you need at all?

In either direction, it's about trust. It's there. Or it's not.

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