Working From Home

[doodab]

WFH is fine as long as you don't have kids of (pre)school age, because productivity slumps when mothers with their shrieking brats materialise in the house at around 15:30 hrs, and despite requests to keep out of the office/study, repeatedly come in to ask where so-and-so is or can I have (insert sugar laden item here) from the fridge?

Yes that is a good point. Last time I was WFH I got around that by starting early and asking ms doodab to take doodab jr to the park which normally gave me until 5 or 6pm. I couldn't get away with that every day though.

[NotAllThere]

If a job can be done from home it can be done from anywhere in the world

It can, but that doesn't mean it can be done by anyone in the world.

Having worked in a heavily off-shored environment for quite a while - rather than some Dodgy Agent ivory tower - it's quite clear that for some types of work, it's far be able to have personal contact. Telephone, video-conferencing etc. are not a substitute for sitting down with someone to discuss an issue. Far less productive.

I have an office at home. I work remotely for one client, almost exclusively, and for another couple, I can work at home if necessary - but it's better for me to be in the office most of the time.

[Chaffinch]

Another possible consideration - if you're WFH you can have multiple contracts ????

[PTP]

I've got this dull task of documenting a spreadsheet and I reckon I could get through it miles quicker if I could work from home avoiding distractions. I'm pssssd off that the client says I can't take the spreadsheet home for daft security reasons and then has the cheek to say "I can try and find you a quieter spot in the office and give you a laptop, but we'd all like to do that and dealing with distractions is what it's like working in an office".....Durggh! I know, that's my point!, I want to make use of this "office" of mine that's free from distraction for a task that requires no tools other than MS Office and it doesn't require talking to others.

[EternalOptimist]

I've got this dull task of documenting a spreadsheet and I reckon I could get through it miles quicker if I could work from home avoiding distractions. I'm pssssd off that the client says I can't take the spreadsheet home for daft security reasons and then has the cheek to say "I can try and find you a quieter spot in the office and give you a laptop, but we'd all like to do that and dealing with distractions is what it's like working in an office".....Durggh! I know, that's my point!, I want to make use of this "office" of mine that's free from distraction for a task that requires no tools other than MS Office and it doesn't require talking to others.

Sounds like a tough one PTP

dont let it get you down

[beaker]

Just tell your client you're working from home! Are you a man or a boy? Huh? Huh?