I prefer to work from home, and usually get more work done. My wife and children understand that I am working, and typically do not interrupt me unless to tell me lunch is ready.
I am on a project right now where one of the team members from the client interrupts me more in a day than my 4-year old son. On 3/21/07, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It truly comes down to the individual on the success or failure of > telecommuting. > It does take discipline.. But if you have that, then the company is the > one who benefits overall. > > My motto is > > A Happy Employee is a Productive Employee.. > A Productive Employee is a Successful Employee.. > A Successful Employee makes a Successful Company.. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:54 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Telecommuting Article > > I agree. My current employer, AT&T SouthEast (aka BellSouth), actually > encourages telecommuting. I was given a rather powerful laptop that had > the VPN pre-installed. I was issued a secure token card for the VPN. > If I have work after hours or am called out for a problem I can do it > all from home or the library or anywhere with a wireless connection. > > One of my immediate co-workers is remote 98% of the time and another is > remte 2 or 3 days a week. > > I personally prefer to work in an office. I just need the discipline it > gives me. However, I can be sick and still have a full day of work by > being remote. > > >Cool article. I wonder the same thing as the author- why do so many > >companies have a problem with telecommuting? Why do they insist on such > > >strict office hours? Last time I checked none of us were manning a > >lever on an assembly line, or pushing a button in a factory. It is, as > >the author says, some weird Luddite philosophy about office work. > >Micromanagement is part of it, too. I've been through that before and > >don't want to go back there. > > > >On 3/20/07, Judith Dinowitz wrote: > > > >-- > >--------------- > >Robert Munn > >www.funkymojo.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230926 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
