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DreamWraith
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join:2004-04-07
Mount Vernon, WA
| Re: Telecommuting Not All Good... said by KeepOnRockin  :I'm no state employee; but I'd find it challenging to telecommute. In the office is the only place, it seems I can get any actual work done. I would need a lot more disclipline to "work from home"  said by pnh102 :Personally, I find that I cannot do "work work" at home... there are just too many distractions. But my main reason for not liking telecommuting is that if you can do your job from outside the office, then that means that someone else in a 3rd world country can also do your job from outside the office for 10 cents an hour. Perhaps that is your own fault. Anyone in their proper state of mind in this regard, and any company with a good telework policy knows that in order to be a productive teleworker one must actually have a secluded, seperate office in their home. In other words, you simply need a seperate room in your home, with a seperate, work computer, with a door, that can close, and lock, and if there is family in the home, they need to have it made clear to them that, when the door is locked, they need to sod off.
Teleworking isn't about being home to take care of the kids while you work. It is about being in a more comfortable environment (you can lunch in your living room), and, more importantly for the business, about saving. Savings on electricity, and, most importantly, floor space. | |
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pnh102
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Mount Airy, MD
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| Re: Telecommuting Not All Good... said by DreamWraith :... and, more importantly for the business, about saving. Savings on electricity, and, most importantly, floor space. Especially when the business saves a ton of money by outsourcing the jobs telecommuters do to third world countries.
said by DreamWraith :In other words, you simply need a seperate room in your home ... I suppose at that point, a padded room would be quite handy.
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cableties
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join:2005-01-27
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| Re: Telecommuting Not All Good... My room is padded BECAUSE of work!
But seriously, there are a few jobs that make telecommuting feasible (A friend that is divorced, gets to stay home and pickup her children, time that she would never had or job for that matter, and gets her work done).
However, telecommuting for state workers? I think not. State taxes to pay for increased hardware needs and software subscriptions, firewall updates, networking, staff (they don't want to hire), security (VPN), training, support (you know someone will call in or use their "state" laptop for other things...)...
This is another rouse to get the taxpayer to pick up the already mismanaged state funds. Heck you, the worker, pay for the heat/cooling being at home, distractions, and moonlighters (doing ebay, filing emails, surfing...)... its win win for State.
Can't wait for home insurance companies to find reason to hike rates because you are home. Or states to tax you if you are in another and cross border to work (I know PA residents that work for NJ state). That ol' telecommuting tax applies...
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