Robin Szemeti wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, you wrote:
>
> > I don't see why you can't have a mix - it would be good to have a core
> > group of people who always (nearl) work in the office so that if you
> > usually work from home but need some face 2 face there will be people
> > there (or in a pub nearby). things like IRC and email provide good
> > communication about what is going on and can be used to acounce when and
> > where people are.
>
> thats true enough .. although it doesn't fit in with the XP model that
> well .. but there is always MOTWTDI .. the basic problem is that
> 'office' workers see 'home' workers as a bunch of idle slackers who only
> pretend to work from home and really spend the day gardening, and 'home'
> workers see 'office' workers as bunch of people who;d rather spend the day
> arseing about and chatting than actually doing something ..
>
lol
That about hits the nail on the head ;-)
> Break down those totally incorrect stereotypes and you're on the way to a
> flexible poicy that allows you to retain the very best staff in
> conditions they enjoy. Shurely one of the driving decisions behind
> setting up a mutual business is not just financial success but also good
> working conditions and more freedom. I gladly trade lower income for
> better working conditions any day (to a point anyway). My basic break
> even is at about 30K a year .. once I get to that poijt I start taking
> holidays. Money is great, but chilling out by the pool is better and
> skiing is better still [speaking of which its Chamonix again in 2 weeks]
>
Agreed.
Also happy empolyees usually results in financial success due to greater
productivity.
Greg
> just my $1 / (2500^0.5)
>
> --
> Robin Szemeti
>
> The box said "requires windows 95 or better"
> So I installed Linux!
