work offsite

Meanings

1. 1phraseintransitive

   to do your job at a place other than your company's usual office, such as at home or at a client's site.

   Grammar: No object; often used with 'from' or 'at' to say where: work offsite from home.

   Patterns

   • work offsite from somewhere
   • work offsite at somewhere

   Our team works offsite every Friday to avoid the long commute.

   She works offsite from a coworking space near her apartment.

   During the renovation, all staff had to work offsite for three weeks.

2. 2phrasetransitivebusiness

   to arrange for someone to do a job away from the main workplace.

   Grammar: Takes an object: work someone offsite. Often used in the passive: be worked offsite.

   Patterns

   • work someone offsite
   • be worked offsite

   The company worked the new hires offsite during the training period.

   Contractors are often worked offsite to save on office costs.

Common combinations

work offsite from home

I usually work offsite from home on Mondays and Tuesdays.

work offsite at a client's office

He works offsite at a client's office two days a week.

be allowed to work offsite

Employees are allowed to work offsite if their manager agrees.

work offsite full-time

Since the pandemic, she has worked offsite full-time.

Synonyms and how they differ

telecommute

This means working from home, usually using the internet; it is more specific than work offsite, which can also mean working at a client's site.

work remotely

This is very similar but often suggests using technology to stay connected; work offsite just means not at the main office.

Opposites

Word family

offsite adjective

Describes something that happens away from the main office, like an offsite meeting.

offsite adverb

Means at a place away from the main office, e.g., 'The meeting was held offsite.'

Commonly confused: work offsite or offside?

Practice

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