Comments on: Working Remotely: Pros and Cons http://www.guahanweb.com/2009/11/16/working-remotely-pros-and-con/ Frolic through the playground of my mind Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.guahanweb.com/2009/11/16/working-remotely-pros-and-con/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Chris Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:05:10 +0000 http://www.guahanweb.com/?p=282#comment-295 Definitely an interesting perspective. Since WebTech's duties were reorganized over a year ago, and I sit upstairs in a marketing department, even though I'm surrounded by people I still have the problem that it's tough to bounce coding ideas off people. I keep bringing up the idea of working remotely part of the time as you mentioned in your conclusion -- a few days at home and a few days in the office. They haven't sprung for it, yet, though I've proven on a number of sick days that (if I choose to) I can do 95% of my job from home. =) Definitely an interesting perspective. Since WebTech’s duties were reorganized over a year ago, and I sit upstairs in a marketing department, even though I’m surrounded by people I still have the problem that it’s tough to bounce coding ideas off people.

I keep bringing up the idea of working remotely part of the time as you mentioned in your conclusion — a few days at home and a few days in the office. They haven’t sprung for it, yet, though I’ve proven on a number of sick days that (if I choose to) I can do 95% of my job from home. =)

]]> By: Brade http://www.guahanweb.com/2009/11/16/working-remotely-pros-and-con/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Brade Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:11:24 +0000 http://www.guahanweb.com/?p=282#comment-293 Nice post--I think that covers all the bases! I agree with the way you wrapped it up: the best case is being able to mix home and office days during the week. I'm pretty lucky right now since I live 1 mile from the office, so it's not a big deal to commute. Plus I love the team I work with, a definite plus. But the boss man has said that if we hit certain budget milestones, he is open to making our work schedule much more flexible next year, including staying home some days, and being able to pick our own start time. Now there's some motivation! Nice post–I think that covers all the bases! I agree with the way you wrapped it up: the best case is being able to mix home and office days during the week. I’m pretty lucky right now since I live 1 mile from the office, so it’s not a big deal to commute. Plus I love the team I work with, a definite plus. But the boss man has said that if we hit certain budget milestones, he is open to making our work schedule much more flexible next year, including staying home some days, and being able to pick our own start time. Now there’s some motivation!

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