remotely... In some ways / cases I think remote work is even better
than work done on-site. As an individual I think I may actually have
less distractions at home than in the office, plus I'm apt to work
more than 8 hrs salaried or otherwise. Don't ask. I'm a massochist. :)
Suits rarely agree that work even _can_ be done remotely much less
that it might be better work. The CEO at a company I worked with for
some time last year referenced a study that had been done nearly a
decade ago when iirc AT&T (or some other huge corp) made a huge push
to make a lot of their work done remotely and produced a report that
claimed they lost 40% of their productivity.
Interesting though the report may have been, somehow I doubt that the
statistic is particularly usefull in the long term. This was a report
done on the productivity (as well as it can be measured) of a ton of
people who had all been used to working in the office for decades,
suddenly sent home with relatively poor tools to work with. People now
are more used to the idea of things being generally accessible in a
remote environment and the tools for doing so are a lot better than
they were a decade ago, so I suspect that especially on a case by case
basis the statistic is pretty irrelevant.
Congrats on the new job btw Larry, sounds awesome.
I'm still sorta struggling myself although it seems to be getting
better for me. I'm trying to finish up a contract with the staffing
department of a US Defense Contractor here in Dallas -- unfortunately
it's like the project that wouldn't die, so for one reason or another
getting the final details taken care of is like pulling teeth. And at
the same time starting a new project, again sub-contracting with the
end client being AT&T Wireless.
As to the commute, the local company is only about 10-20 minutes drive
(although my car is another horror story), and fortunately the AT&T
contract is remote work... The downside is I have to turn off my
firewall to connect to their VPN! <<yYyeeEeEEaaAAaAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!>>
If nothing else I'm happy to have them both on my resume. :)
p.s. condolences on the rodent condition. :)
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> That is EXACTLY my issue. Annually, I really _need_ to be
> in the office
> where I work MAYBE 10% of the time. The only interaction
> that I have with
> others is in meetings, which I could attend by phone.
> However, the suits
> don't believe in that. It is quite frustrating, because my
> perfect scenario
> would be to move to western NY and keep my current job
> (which I really
> enjoy). Oh well....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:39 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: great news
> I can fully sympathize. Wendy commutes up to Bethesda
> every day -
> about an hour and a half one way on a good day. The really
> ironic
> thing is that to a great extent, given what we do, are
> commutes
> really necessary?
> larry
>>You might then understand the beauty of those two words.
>>
>>"No commute."
>>
>>*sigh*
>>
>>Mine is roughly 55 minutes of delightful public
>>transportation door to
> door.
>>
>>Again, congrats.
>>
>>Jerry Johnson
>>
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/29/03 05:27PM >>>
>>2 blocks away from my old job.
>>
>>I forgot to mention, NO COMMUTE!!!
>>
>> In this area that's an important benefit!
>>
>>larry
>>
>>
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