Telecommuting Is Good For You > Not at my company

Not at my company

We can at my company. I am hardly ever in the office.

reply to Bobcat
I wouldn't want to telecommute.

I prefer to deal with the criminals outside my home......
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reply to south1178
I've been in the offices ~ 5 weeks in 4 years.

Upside: More flexible hours, save on gas, car wear. More family time, less wasted time on the road (Los Angeles is traffic hell).
Downside: Longer work hours (~10 hours/day is typical + paged off hours). Hard to keep track of management (i.e. not great for moving up the food chain), easier to be laid off if you don't make yourself extremely useful. Local annoyances (power/telco outages, house phone, neighbors, door bell, kids, etc.

Its a mixed bag, depending on the work you do.
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reply to Bobcat
My itsy bitsy teeny weeny minuscule excuse for a company has allowed telecommuting for many years but it has really been a vehicle for putting in tons of overtime. I would enjoy telecommuting more if I had the option for defined hours but being "exempt" means no such thing as "overtime". At this point I would only be interested in telecommuting on those days when the weather (ie. snow) is so bad that a physical commute is just too treacherous and taking a vacation day is not practical or desired.
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reply to en102
Yeah, it is easy to be forgotten about if you're not in the office and easier to be laid off. Same if you're in one city and boss is in another.

I have a nice large home office in my residence but I can't get anything done. Too many distractions at home and I'm the sole occupant I think the only way I would get work done at home is if I put up cubicle walls, get a cubicle desk, cabinets and fluorescent overhead lighting to replicate the office.

If I have to catch up on things, I'll come in on a weekend afternoon when no one is in and I'll fly through the work. I can get so much done without the noises of the people, phone, etc.

reply to Bobcat
Field techs like myself have the same predicament as well, rain or shine.

I almost feel like a postal worker.

reply to ninjatutle
Hehe - I know exactly what you mean.
I've hooked up HDX101, and work out of my backyard gazebo 90% of the time - no house phone, no doorbell, no TV, no radio, etc.
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Canada = Hollywood North