 TamaraBQuestion The Current ParadigmPremium
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Re: Cake and eat it too? 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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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
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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
fixed typo
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iansltx
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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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