January 31, 2008 | Posted by Kat This article I ran into explains that in companies with a high concentration of telecommuters, there is an adverse effect on those who are left behind in the company offices.
These workers are more likely to feel less committed and are more likely leave the company. There is a perception that those left behind have [...]
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January 29, 2008 | Posted by Kat I made the trek up to the 3rd floor to my home office and found the above gruesome but not-too-uncommon discovery on the carpet by the door. A few feet away I found another pile of body parts, this time, internal organs:
And then there was the bulk of the remains a few feet further [...]
Categories: WFH, telecommuting | Tags: dead body, home office, telework | 1 Comment »
January 25, 2008 | Posted by Kat As a manager for a consulting services organization who works from home, I occasionally need to get out of the home office and actually meet with humans face-to-face. Although the rigors of the airport ritual make me wince when I think about traveling, I enjoy getting out of the house and into a real [...]
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January 22, 2008 | Posted by Kat I remember my first “real day” on the job of my first WFH position. I had just taken a consulting position for a hot pre-IPO software company and I really felt like I had taken my career up a notch. My pay was up 75% over my previous job and everyone I knew [...]
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January 21, 2008 | Posted by Kat This article is stating that by 2011, there will be 1 billion mobile workers in the world and 75% of the U.S. workforce will be mobile. I take that as meaning telecommuters plus workers who travel heavily for their job.
The usual causes for the trend are outlined in the article (reduced corporate real estate [...]
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January 9, 2008 | Posted by Kat Like many people I take a dose of coffee immediately after waking. For most of my life, that coffee included caffeine but for the past year I have been decaffeinated in order to minimize the jitter effects.
I’ve recently experimented with introducing caffeine back into the mix and have even introduced energy drinks into my life [...]
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January 9, 2008 | Posted by Kat I thought I’d call your attention to this good article written by Jody Gilbert, a 12-year telecommuting “hermit” (her words), documenting 10 points that can help you evaluate your own suitability for telecommuting.
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January 9, 2008 | Posted by Kat The immediately obvious benefits of telecommuting are the flexible hours, absence of a commute, and pajamas attire, but I just looked across the room and someone inspired me to write of a few other perks that come along with the WFH lifestyle:
Having a dog for a pet
This was a big one for my wife and [...]
Categories: WFH, telecommuting | Tags: brown bag, dogs, PWD, workout | 2 Comments »
January 5, 2008 | Posted by Kat If you’ve read my blog in the past, you know that I often speak of the benefits of living wherever you wish (within reason) as a Telecommuter. I spent the Christmas Holiday in Key West, Florida and not a day went by where my wife and I didn’t think about “what if we moved”. [...]
Categories: WFH, telecommuting | Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Key West | 1 Comment »
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