We do get a lot of freedom for temporary and unusual situations. Though most everyone is currently working from home and has been for at least a month no one has had to enter into telework agreements that wasn't already working remotely. We've always been able to do work around life rather than the other way around. With the weather getting nicer I expect to see more video meetings with people outside.
I'm a little backwards than most of you on this thread. (Normal for me being an outlier). I spent the first 20+ years working from home. It has been in the last 7-8 years that I have had to come into an office. My company is Japanese so they are really not receptive to letting people work from home.
I do know this about myself: I get more done WFH. Like rosejm, i am more about performance. I figure I am about 20% more effective WFH.
Some days when I'm in my cube at work I am thankful that most of my life has been working from home and on the road traveling. I was really lucky. I would like to get back to that, but if I can't, I will ride out my last 10 years in the office.
That's because the reason why not is that "they said so" and there isn't a good reason.I am a designer for an engineering firm and this week starts my sixth week of working from home. For the past five years, I have asked about working from home during my annual review, only to be told no and never being given a real answer as to why.
With many of our more dense population areas in this country being decades behind demand for road space I would think widespread working from home could be a potential long term solution.
Of course some municipalities may be afraid that they might lose tax base if the employers realize talent doesn't need to hold down a chair in a traditional office within reasonable commuting range...heck they might even work from a different state! I could see a lot of politicians getting creative with the concept of 'property' taxes.
I've been working from home or the RV for 17yrs. I had regular travel for meetings until March. Now on hold with the DoD until July at least.
My current team works from IN, OH, ID, AZ, FL, AK and MI. We may only see each other every couple of years.
I was just wondering with all these companies going to be work from home,whats going to happen with ALL these office buildings all around, there all gonna be empty, then what ?Are they going to end up a eye sore or what ? Developers are probably going to convert them to condos I guessing, I just hope it doesnt become another mess.Just wondering about it.
'When the company you work for doesn't micromanage you': Remote worker says he does 8 hours of work in 30 minutes, sparking debate
'People saying you don’t have enough work have drunk the capitalist kool-aid.'www.dailydot.com
The future of remote work, according to 6 experts
We asked the people who study economics, human resources, and real estate what to expect in the future of remote work.www.vox.com
“People saying you don’t have enough work have drunk the capitalist kool-aid and it makes me sad,” a user explained. “People, this is the life we can aim for.”
“People really don’t understand that it’s not about time,” a third user claimed. “It’s about completing tasks that your company expects.”
'When the company you work for doesn't micromanage you': Remote worker says he does 8 hours of work in 30 minutes, sparking debate
'People saying you don’t have enough work have drunk the capitalist kool-aid.'www.dailydot.com
The future of remote work, according to 6 experts
We asked the people who study economics, human resources, and real estate what to expect in the future of remote work.www.vox.com
“It turns out there’s a dangerous line between arguing for remote work and arguing yourself out of a job.”
@KLB will be here to tell us this is all wrong.
“Working remotely significantly reduces your opportunities to build relationships with people who can influence your career”I beat him to it...
“Working remotely significantly reduces your opportunities to build relationships with people who can influence your career”
I believe this quote. For those with the company a long time this does not matter as much. They had the benefit of building relationships and remote work.
Same here sometimes. Then there are times like the last 3 weeks where I'm going balls to the wall from 4:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (with an hour lunch). Just finished that up yesterday. Today has felt like it does when you've been in a really noisy, hectic crowd of people and step outside where it's quiet.Now that I WFH, I'm like one of the people in the article who can get their tasks done in 2 hours.