{"id":216,"date":"2020-04-14T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.FriedmanCommunities.com\/blog\/?p=216"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:03:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:03:12","slug":"meet-our-friedman-communities-management-team-rebecca-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.FriedmanCommunities.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/meet-our-friedman-communities-management-team-rebecca-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Friedman Communities Management Team: Rebecca Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Rebecca Cook, Associate Director of Multi-Family, gives us her tips and tricks to create a productive and balanced life while working from home.<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/43gfG8fPR7E\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: How long have you been with Friedman and what is your role? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: My name is Rebecca Cook; I am an Associate Director of Property Management with the Multi-Family division. I have been with Friedman for about six months. I started in property management in 1994 as a Leasing Agent on a class A property.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What does your day to day look like in your current role?&nbsp; <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: My every day is a little bit different. The people, the places, the properties that we manage, every day throws me a curveball! I think that is one of the things I like about property management the most.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: Where are you based out of in your current role? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: I am based out of the Houston area, Southeast Houston. But my office is in my home, I telecommute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What do you feel is the most interesting part of your job? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: The most interesting part of my job is working with all the different people. People at the corporate office, the on-site employees, the field employees, contractors, even the residents. The variety makes it a lot of fun!<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: Do you have a routine to start the day? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: I have a routine to start every day. I get up, shower, dress just like everybody else and eat breakfast. When I am done and ready to start the day instead of going to my car, I grab that last cup of coffee and head upstairs to my office. I turn on my desk lamp, fire up my computer, open the blinds, and sit down and start just like I walked into my office that day.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What is usually on your desk and in your workspace? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: My desk is very clear most days. I have my monitors, a desk lamp, phone, couple pens, and paper, maybe a few files off to the side. I need a clear workspace in order to keep my focus on the work at hand.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What is the best about working from home? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: The lack of commute!<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What do you find is personally the hardest part of working from home? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: The lack of human interaction. The company does a great job with technology of helping us have videos, instant messenger, somebody is always available to me and I can look at them and talk with them and hear their voices. However, there is something nice about just sharing a cup of coffee over a watercooler or getting to know each other a little bit better that way.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What advice do you have for those transitioning from a traditional office to a new home position? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: I think it is important to put your environment in place first. Trying to retrofit and squish your work environment into your family or home environment can be difficult. Having a dedicated space free of distractions; the dishes, the laundry, other household things and obligations going on. Because when you&rsquo;re at work you&rsquo;re on, you&rsquo;re at work. So, having a space where you can shut the door and be done with it at the end of the day has made all the difference for me.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q:&nbsp; How do you keep a work-life balance? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: That is a very interesting question because I keep the same work-life balance when I telecommute as I did when I commuted to an office. It was important to me to keep that routine and everything the same. When I am done with work I am done with work and if I take a lunch break, I take a lunch break. But I am in my office from when I start to when I finish, and I think that is what helps me keep that work-life balance. Making it no different when you telecommute as when you are in an office environment.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: How do you stay motivated? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: The same way I stayed motivated when I had a job inside of an office. You had your morning routines; you start your day with music or podcasts whatever that looks like. You have your coffee, you get dressed, you go to the office (whether it&rsquo;s inside your home or not). You have to stay self-disciplined when you are working from home. The work doesn&rsquo;t go away, and you have more productive hours because you&rsquo;re not commuting. But I think it is important that you are a self-motivated individual.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: What is your favorite day of the workweek and why? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: My favorite day of the workweek is Friday&rsquo;s. I lovingly call them Mop-Up-Fridays! I find it&rsquo;s best that I wrap everything up, I cross all my t&rsquo;s, dot all my i&rsquo;s, finish up the work and then come Monday morning I&rsquo;m ready to go! It also frees up some brain space for me on the weekends, and I find that is the best way for me to reset.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: In your afternoon low what gets you through the day? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: When the afternoon low hits, I have found I am reenergized most by getting up and doing some stretches. Sometimes it&rsquo;s easy to get wrapped up in your work and before you know it four or five hours have gone by and your blood is just not circulating. A little bit of impromptu yoga goes a long way!<\/p>\n<h4><b>Q: In your opinion what makes Friedman one of the best places to work? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>A: I think Friedman is one of the top places to work because they integrate so much technology into the workplace. For me, telecommuting as far away from the main office as I am makes having the right technology so important. 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