Companies won't do that "on paper" because then they would have to make concessions. It would cost them money and it would lower productivity. Until the economy turns around, I doubt many will be getting the option to work from home. As for you manager being a control freak and thinking it is a privilege, that is way too common. If they don't have people around them to keep an eye on, then they feel they are not doing their job.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:52 PM, opinali <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, November 24, 2011 2:23:07 PM UTC-5, rcasto wrote: >> >> I was just saying that it was the reason I heard all the time. I really >> think it has to do with management style. Newer and more progressive >> companies are more flexible in this regard. Older companies tend to stick >> with tradition or see working at home as a benefit. There are places where >> security is a big deal and it is important to recognize that. In those >> situations there is no possibility of working from home. >> > > This is bullshit. I recently consulted for [huge bank that's too big to > fail], they were as much neurotic about security as usual in financial > services (btw first company I worked for that required a drug test as part > of the background check...), still they had fantastic support for remote > work. Not that my manager would allow people to work from home without a > "good reason" like a doc appointment mid-day - in his words that I still > remember, "telecommuting is a privilege, not a right, especially for > consultants". Said manager was a control freak, but that's not a rare thing. > > Some overtime is difficult to avoid in software projects, but I would > never consider working for a company that demands it as a rule - if the > regular hours are 10h/day, then just put 10h/day in my contract... - or for > a company that demands ANY amount of on-site overtime. You ask me to stay > working late or in weekends, I'm doing a favor to you; a HUGE favor if not > paid extra. So at the very least let me do that on my pajamas. > > A+ > Osvaldo > > > >> >> On Wed, Mar 1, 2006 at 7:40 AM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ** >>> My current client has the same restriction on consultants, though I can >>> take the code home on the laptop they provided. I don't think it's always >>> about security, but often about the battle between employees and >>> contractors. >>> >>> In the original context I thought we were talking about employment >>> rather than consulting though. >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From: * Robert Casto <[email protected]> >>> *Sender: * [email protected] >>> *Date: *Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:29:40 -0500 >>> *To: *<[email protected]> >>> *ReplyTo: * [email protected] >>> *Subject: *Re: [The Java Posse] overtime and job hunt >>> >>> Very nice. I'll have to keep that one in mind. Most of the time the >>> excuse I hear has to do with security and that they can't have consultants >>> working off site accessing the servers and code and what not. >>> >>> 2011/11/23 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Ricky Clarkson >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> "Do you provide VPN access for when someone needs to do some work out >>>>> of hours?" would be a good opening question on that. >>>>> >>>> >>>> This is indeed the best way to ask the question. It hints that you >>>> might be working overtime or outside business hours while you may be >>>> discreetly enquiring about working remotely during the day. 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