working remotely
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- d_rek
It's pretty great, isn't it?
- JSK0
nope.
- rosem0
yes.
- harlequino0
Used to love it. Now I hate it.
- dMullins0
...is the best thing on planet Earth.
- dMullins0
Minus the permanent Cheeto stains on my boxer, and the lack of other human lifeforms around me. I am thinking about maybe getting fish for my desk. Something that is alive...
- What about a plant?d_rek
- Plants are boring.dMullins
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- Hipster-y cliché one-liner shit.dMullins
- d_rek0
No pants!!!
- doublespaced0
I love it. I usually make an entire pot of too-strong coffee and work in my pajamas in front of the TV, shaking from caffeine by 11am. Still, working from the 23rd Street office (as I've come to call my apartment) is one of my favorite things.
- So you going to AIGA thing tonight?JSK
- maybedoublespaced
- its all the way in brooklynJSK
- I'm near the Ldoublespaced
- Thanks for not showing up doublespacedTaschen
- dMullins0
I need to start drinking coffee again. When I was full-time, the drive to work and a liter of water was enough to get me going. Now I find it hard to be up by 9:30-10am, and drag all day after that.
- gramme0
Has its ups and downs. Paranoia quickly sets in if you need feedback on something important, but end up waiting for days/weeks/months. Looking forward to when I can have an employee or two to alleviate the silence. Then again, days like today when there's a play date going on in the living room, I feel like I need ear muffs to get anything done.
I find if I don't get up between 6 and 7 am, I'm not nearly as productive as I'd like. Plus, it lets me knock off around 6 so I can spend time with my family.
- same shit here, exactly actually....fyoucher1
- you can get so much done by midday. Then the afternoon is a coast, and prep for the next day.mikotondria3
- d_rek0
i'm usually on site 50-60 hrs a week, with another 10-15 hrs spent commuting.
I've spent yesterday and today working remotely because of the weather so it's a very welcome change for me.
- BattleAxe0
it's the best offices are ovverrated : with all the Remote PC software and Net meetings
- scarabin0
i got fat and weird working from home
- now i'm skinny and weirdscarabin
- other way around for me. When I was home I was always on my feet doing something other than workingdoublespaced
- at the office I just sit and get fat all daydoublespaced
- Not_Just_Another0
Definitely has its ups and downs - I think its a case of the grass is always greener etc.
For all the pros of having no commuting and being able to get on with out being distracted etc, there are times you need people around you for feedback and general banter.
Atleast my hound keeps me company, even if he is rubbish at CSS...
- dog good company when working at home alone... even just for an excuse to GET OUT once a whileShaney
- bulletfactory0
I used to work from home one day a week at my old job (usually friday). I needed a day to work on projects without having people call every 5 seconds, or come into my office to ask questions they could answer themselves. It was awesome, and quite productive.
- doublespaced0
The big drawback for me is access to resources. Printers n' such.
- that and connecting to the company servers painfully slow also.Not_Just_Another
- dibec0
It's a total mix bag.
Pros:
- Self Discipline/Time Management
- Music (own sound systems always rule)
- Coffee (not the cheap business heart burn stuff)
- Generally less expensive (gas, food, resources)
- Working on a desktop, not a laptop.
- Children (nice to be around, yet also a con)
- Dog owner (no more secret pee-pees to find)Cons:
- Cabin Fever
- Wife (explaining why the dishes were not done, sometimes why nothing got done)
- Children (yes, it's nice to be around, but deadlines are an evil enemy. Daddy, daddy, daddy!)
- Social (it's nice to bs about the weather and birds)
- Apple Events- great perspective here; currently i have a case of cabin fever covered in 1m + of snow...ideaist
- ETM0
Onsite, the social aspect is great for a little while, then I start to find everyone annoying and disruptive. 7 people asking how your evening was when they really don't care, asking you to sign Christmas and birthday cards for employees you don't know etc.
I start closing my office door (when I have one) and trying to separate myself to get things done. Salary employees can be real slackers. :)