working from home...

[Doyle]

Yeah it's nice to have that option but I will never do it again full time.  Good luck getting any support when needed from the office.

[j2sgam]

Ill just leave this here.... It'd be nice once or twice a week, but that aint happening for me....

 

http://thechairmansblog.gallup.com/2014/03/gallup-truth-about-telecommuting.html

 

 

[Doyle]

Ill just leave this here.... It'd be nice once or twice a week, but that aint happening for me....

 

http://thechairmansblog.gallup.com/2014/03/gallup-truth-about-telecommuting.html

 

 

I agree 100% with that article from experience.  Another thing I found when working at home was I couldn't work in my "pajamas" or even jeans and a t-shirt.  I had to dress just like I would if I were at the office or I felt lazy and non productive.

[Happy Panther]

I started my own business and have a proper home office. I really like it but wouldn't have as much at a big corporation because I think it is important to interact with your team.

 

But my last job was a very small firm and the boss expected you to be busy all the time even if it were some contrived BS. So you ended up sitting at your desk playing bejeweled blitz when you could be home relaxing. So now if my work is done at 3:00 or I don't feel well it is easy to adjust the schedule. Plus you avoid all the distractions - Bob's birthday cake gathering, the dumb team building meeting etc

 

Plus i have a pretty sweet setup with two TVs and a golden tee machine and XBone. These aren't distractions for me but it is awesome to take 15 minutes off to kill some people on Call of Duty to clear your head in between projects. And i work pretty well with something on in the background i.e. Bayern Munich vs Man U at 2:30

 

Also I like being by myself so the social aspect isn't bad.

 

I do find it is harder to get motivated sometimes to say exercise compared to when I had others around me hitting the gym at lunch and such. Just have to be more focused. I have also read that telecommuters don't move up as fast but it's only me so no issue

[Crixtala]

Ill just leave this here.... It'd be nice once or twice a week, but that aint happening for me....

 

http://thechairmansblog.gallup.com/2014/03/gallup-truth-about-telecommuting.html

 

this is a weird article... what does engagement with co-workers have to do with productivity?  i mean, i guess that can be important for positions where a team tackles projects together... but is that really the majority of businesses?

 

i work from home 100% of the time, my wife now does it as well since we've moved out of Charlotte... but when i went into an office in Charlotte 100% of the time, there was nobody in that office that was a part of my "team" anyway.  we were all spread out across the country - which i would imagine is probably the norm for most average sized companies.  there were no perks to me being in the office as the people that i did interact with on a regular basis were just other bodies working for the same company i did that had nothing to do with me

 

not saying i disagree with the numbers in the article... they're probably absolutely correct... i just think that would be a VERY small factor in overal productivity of someone working from home vs. someone not (or >20%, etc.)

[Captroop]

Ill just leave this here.... It'd be nice once or twice a week, but that aint happening for me....

 

http://thechairmansblog.gallup.com/2014/03/gallup-truth-about-telecommuting.html

 

Wow that dude is out of touch. "Working at home means isolation -- no friends, no fun." What?

 

Okay, honestly, who actually has "fun" in the office? Last Friday of the month is donut day? Lunch at Applebee's with your co-workers? Crazy Tie Tuesday? Are these things really fun? They're things that let us tolerate being in the office.

 

And friends? My co-workers aren't my friends. My friends know how often I have sex. My office "friends" are just the people I can tolerate and have more candid conversations with.  But I wouldn't want any to be the best man at my wedding. I'd rather be friends with my actual friends, and have more time to spend with them.

 

I suggest instead, Mr. Clifton, that the office is just a means to brainwash us into being good corporate citizens. Your coworkers are your friends; work is fun; autonomy is bad; people at home are poisoning their coworkers with negativity. Yes, working from the home office is not for everybody, but good management can quell most of the inane reasons he cites for keeping us penned in the office.

 

It's a new generation. The 20 somethings now don't even have land line phones, our electronic data lives in the air around us and is accessible anywhere in the world. News comes from Twitter. You can't expect to force people to cling to the work-life balance and work environments experienced by the same people who still couldn't figure out how to program VCRs...back when they were relevant!

 

Entropy is the way of the world. And the C-level executives better embrace it, because as a 26 year old who has successfully worked from home in the past (won 2 government contracts while writing and managing the proposals from home office), I can say I'm much more "actively disengaged" in the office, coming off a coffee and gridlock traffic stress buzz, 6 hours of sleep, and 2 hours a day locked in a fake smile conversing with "friends" I'd rather avoid.

[Happy Panther]

The other thing I really like is being able to grab a coffee and hop on the computer when I have a big project. No commute, shower a little later etc...no issue working in pajamas

[Doyle]

So we are all more productive at home as we discuss the topic on The Huddle.  Got it.

 

 

[Crixtala]

So we are all more productive at home as we discuss the topic on The Huddle.  Got it.

 

i could either be here waiting for poo to finish downloading and be on hand as soon as it's done... or hiding in the shitter at the office for the third time of the day just to get away from the annoying people in the cubicle next to me who's talking on speaker phone about their sick cats/kids at the top of their lungs

[Happy Panther]

So we are all more productive at home as we discuss the topic on The Huddle.  Got it.

I posted more on the huddle when I was in a corporate office of 200.

 

But the quality of my posts has increased dramatically since I became self employed.

 

I think we can all agree on that.

[Cat]

I can work some from home but I like going into my office at work.

[Big A]

Working from home rules! Takes a little self control to make sure you get everything done before playtime. I used to have an office in one of my commercial properties, but I ended up just going there to pick up files and doing the work at home, so it basically became offsite storage. Ever since I converted the 3rd guest bedroom into my office, I have tons of free time which allows me to post here.

Here is my office, nothing super fancy, but good enough.

[2jakefansinva]

I'm in sales and work out of a home office. I absolutely love it except for one thing.

 

Someone please convince my wife that..................

 

just because I'm home all day doesn't mean I'm going to take out the trash or empty the dishwasher.

[raybright]

Wow that dude is out of touch. "Working at home means isolation -- no friends, no fun." What?

 

Okay, honestly, who actually has "fun" in the office? Last Friday of the month is donut day? Lunch at Applebee's with your co-workers? Crazy Tie Tuesday? Are these things really fun? They're things that let us tolerate being in the office.

 

And friends? My co-workers aren't my friends. My friends know how often I have sex. My office "friends" are just the people I can tolerate and have more candid conversations with.  But I wouldn't want any to be the best man at my wedding. I'd rather be friends with my actual friends, and have more time to spend with them.

 

I suggest instead, Mr. Clifton, that the office is just a means to brainwash us into being good corporate citizens. Your coworkers are your friends; work is fun; autonomy is bad; people at home are poisoning their coworkers with negativity. Yes, working from the home office is not for everybody, but good management can quell most of the inane reasons he cites for keeping us penned in the office.

 

It's a new generation. The 20 somethings now don't even have land line phones, our electronic data lives in the air around us and is accessible anywhere in the world. News comes from Twitter. You can't expect to force people to cling to the work-life balance and work environments experienced by the same people who still couldn't figure out how to program VCRs...back when they were relevant!

 

Entropy is the way of the world. And the C-level executives better embrace it, because as a 26 year old who has successfully worked from home in the past (won 2 government contracts while writing and managing the proposals from home office), I can say I'm much more "actively disengaged" in the office, coming off a coffee and gridlock traffic stress buzz, 6 hours of sleep, and 2 hours a day locked in a fake smile conversing with "friends" I'd rather avoid.

 

I'm the kind of person who enjoys to work but I'm not an 'office person'. Mr. Clifton might call me 'actively disengaged' or whatever, but I couldn't agree more with Captroop - I'd rather spend time with my real friends than pretend to have fun at teambuilding events. (Or waste my time in meetings listening to other peoples bs)...

I like to have my own schedule at home as well, shower a little later, have (much better and healthier) lunch in my own kitchen and all those nice things. While I started out doing just the occasional project at home, a year later, I only go in to the office once a week to show my face and 'be social'.

Actually I found here (http://www.statista.com/statistics/256020/us-employers-offering-telecommuting-benefits/), that just 20% of employers offer full-time telecommuting. I guess that's quite a lot, considering that most jobs require you to be in the office or wherever to interact with people or do stuff (construction, medical, retail, etc.)