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Re: Cake and eat it too? Worst they will be compensated for their broadband and those who have the discipline to get up in the morning and go to the office will be out of luck. |
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 TamaraBQuestion The Current ParadigmPremium
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| said by Scatcatpdx: ... those who have the discipline to get up in the morning and go to the office will be out of luck. Now that I am retired, I do ALL of my free-lance work online. You speak of "discipline". Most people who work from home bill less time than they would if they were on a clock, sitting at their desk. If I get hung up on an issue which I believe "I should of known", or if I daydream for 15 minutes, or talk to my kid on the phone for 5 minutes, I do not bill the "wasted, personal time". If I were on the clock in an office, that time would, by default, show up in my paycheck.
Why is everything so one-way, lopsided, and skewed in favor of IBMs profits in this thread? Don't you people want to better your lot in life? Isn't a better life part of the American dream? Or is that dead too?
Bob
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"If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities." -- Voltaire
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1 edit | said by TamaraB:Why is everything so one-way, lopsided, and skewed in favor of IBMs profits in this thread? I think issue hinges on whether or not Broadband is dedicated solely for work and how much it costs.
When I first got broadband SDSL it cost $150 a month. Worked out a deal with my then employer to split the difference. Jump forward a decade to much faster ADSL that only costs $30 a month for 6 times the speed.
I think it's only fair if company requires employee obtain certain services/products that are solely for company business they pick up the tab. On the other hand if company business piggybacks on service/product employee likely already has and involves no incremental cost to employee putting it on the employee's nickel is reasonable.
/tom
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+1 on that. I do a bit of work in an office of sorts, and I do freelance-ish work from home, or wherever I happen to be at the time (yay WMWiFiRouter!). I end up off the clock a lot more when I'm not in the office, that's just how it works. Productivity per dollar goes up that way. |
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