On 25 Feb 2009, at 06:12, dnp607 wrote:
Hi All,
I wanted to get a pulse on how you feel about designers who work a
good amount of their time from a home office. I've noticed that
most companies prefer 9-5 onsite employees. The reasoning that most
often comes up is that it's "corporate culture" and better for
communication.
However, I've never been able to get comfortable with being creative
in a cubicle... More, I've found that my ability to communicate is
run by email and phone most of the time whether I'm onsite or not.
Perhaps I'm idealistic, but I get so much work done by attending
meetings on site as needed, then retiring to complete my work. I can
blast music, pet my cat, make phone calls without needed to hush
down for fear of bothering others... it's just conducive to
productivity. My gas mileage is better to boot :)
In my experience a home office is more effective than a _bad_ on-site
working environments. Like a cubicle. Cubicles are just bad for
_everybody_ - not just designers :-)
However, I've found home offices less effective that a _good_ on-site
working environments. Where you have product related team rooms for
example. The benefits you get by having folk to talk and bounce ideas
off - pull the continuous contact with all the people involved
outweigh the other factors.
Also remember the employer is not just interested in your
productivity... but in the productivity of the organisation as a
whole. Maybe having somebody on-site makes everybody over all more
effective.
Cheers,
Adrian
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