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Comments on news posted 2009-04-03 08:37:22: One of the major benefits of increased broadband availability has been that telecommuting is increasingly an option for individuals who wish to work from home. ..
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 | | more to come Just another we don't give a shet about our American workforce. It's great what we save. We may even see 10 or so have this put them over the edge and quit so we can hire 40 more overseas.
Next thing to come down the pike? Hey, you need a laptop to do your work? Go buy it from your own money! You need to use a powerful server to complete your work... ok we'll subtract the cpu and system resource you use from our equipment from your pay check. | |
| xearon
join:2000-11-19
Jacksonville, FL |  My company trumps that
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| | | | Re: My company trumps that Your company must either not know much about security risk or just not care; either way, bad practices. | |
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1 edit | They expect my wife to work on weekends from home :( She has to be there in the Hospital full time, and now they expect her to use her own broadband to log in from home and do extra billing TEN HOURS A WEEKEND!
Companies today are universally SCREWING their employees. They know they can get away with it in today's crappy economic climate, so they do it because they can! In the meantime, the big wigs pat each other on the back and take bonuses because the job is getting done cheaper by them screwing the employees.
They gave her a laptop with 256 megs of RAM in it. She told them it was slow and they said: "too bad-put more RAM in it if you want it faster". I put a gB more in it, but rest assured that that RAM is coming OUT when she gives it back! | |
| | | | Re: They expect my wife to work on weekends from home :( said by qworster:Companies today are universally SCREWING their employees. this is new? i'm pretty sure any big employer does this and always has... when things come up like this at my employer, they say, "Be happy you have a job" | |
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| | My experience I work in a job that is similar to a contractor. I have clients that I support with technology, which means either (A) phone support, (B) Web support or (C) On-site visit, usually at my discretion and usually depending on the nature of the problem. I have clients that are directly mine, meaning I've had the most exposure with them, and then clients that I help my colleagues with. Depending on the day's events, I may end up working from home part of the time. I don't mind paying for my own internet, because I use it for personal more than work and if there's a cap, I certainly can't see one, and I do a LOT of data transfer.
There are ups and downs to working from home. The most notable positive only applies in big suburban populations like San Diego, where you effectively are held hostage by the freeway and horrendous traffic conditions. When my job was in the same subcommunity as me, right around the corner, I didn't care that I had to commute to work. Now, at 70MPH average on the freeway, it takes me 30-45 minutes one way commute.
The biggest negative to working remotely has got to be the amount and number of various distractions. Lawnkeepers with loud machines, leafblowers going on, trash trucks clanging around, crying babies (not in my place, but neighbors), barking dogs, My big screen TV distracting me with its presence, etc. Better to be out of the house and in the workplace where I can concentrate and get stuff done. | |
| edactic
join:2005-08-21
Indianapolis, IN
1 edit | Other options close to home Like a recent poster, I too encounter distractions at home. Often better to head to nearby cafe with free wireless and be the invisible "nerd in the corner". Easier to get into flow and really get things done.
Even though my employer does provide home broadband reimbursement, I think that IBM's point of view is justified. BB is no longer an "elite" service, but more like a utility such as electricity or natural gas. Everybody in the house uses BB a lot. Not very practical to separate out the costs per each user. To my knowledge, employers don't pay part of a heating bill or electric bill for those working at home. Instead you get to carve out home office costs and exercise a tax deduction. Thus is my prediction for employers' policies with BB. No more free access to iTunes, WOW, or Webkins for the kids courtesy of employer. Fair enough. | |
| | |  Highspeed internet is a company business tool & expense
Large companies like IBM have extremely financially benefited from Work At Home assignments with billion$$$$ saved in reduced real estate cost, facilities operations costs (YES, it includes expensive TELCO systems for phone and highspeed internet), insurance, etc.
Do you agree that teachers should buy pencils, paper and other supplies for their students just so they can teach? Do you think you should pay for for your highspeed back at the company office?
IBM is looking to save $16 to $20 million in the US by incorrectly shifting the business burden of highspeed tools onto the employees. CEO Sam Palmisano's compensation package was $21 million for 2008. | |
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