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POLL: Can you work from home?
in 9 to 5
DH and I were talking about what the average employee can do as far as telecommuting.
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Re: POLL: Can you work from home?
I freelance from home currently.
When I was working at the same company full time, I was able to work from home if the weather was bad or if they shut down the site (because of weather). I had a long commute, and in those cases my boss would recognize that I could be more productive at home than sitting in a car for hours.
He will occasionally WFH if his wife has a dr appt or he's back from a challenging weekend of off-site work.
We also have people in our company who are 100% telecommuters.
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I could work from home if they'd let me! I think I'd love it.
My dad works from home and really enjoys it. He's a medical director for a health insurance company.
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I have the ability to work from home, but they generally discourage it unless you have a reason. It doesn't necessarily have to be an emergency, but it has to be a good reason, not just, I didn't feel like getting dressed.
I guess that there is some stuff that I am able to do from home. But since a lot of my job requires networking/collaborating with community partners, I couldn't just sit at home in my pajamas and effectively do my job.
That doesn't mean that I'm in the office all day M-F, but I need to be "at work".
In certain circumstances, it would be permitted to do computer work from home.......but it's not something that would be allowable on a regular basis and certainly not "just because" or because I was too cheap to pay for daycare.
We work from home, but not on a set schedule. Today I had a call at 8, which means I'd have to take a 640 train into work if I wanted to make it on time, so I stayed home. Other days, I feel like sleeping in, so I stay home. I try not to work from home more than once a week unless there's a legit reason (e.g., traveling) - I don't want to ruin it for anyone else.
At my old job, after X years of service, you could work from home set days. You couldn't change days without significant effort.
Another job allowed you to work from home if there was a real reason, but they'd monitor what you were doing. Like - management would sit and watch your computer's activity all day. (They were kooky for all sorts of reasons and I left ASAP.)
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I can -- I have a laptop, VPN connection, company BB and a job that would allow me to work from anywhere (Project Manager). Unfortunately my supervisors frown upon telecommuting but I still do it a few times a month, usually when I have a DR appt, bad weather or traveled the day before/after.
I worked from home 4 days a week in my last job and I totally miss it.
sometimes I wish. sometimes going to the hospital sucks. however, I don't want my patients in my home, haha.
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