I Only Work Remotely

I am a night owl. You can tell me I have to have my butt in a chair within your line of sight at 8 or 9am, but that is very wasteful. You are wasting my time and yours. I am not a morning person. I will start being very effective around 11am and I really get going in the afternoon/evening.

So, er, everyone else has to be accommodating of this guy's abnormal working hours, because the first two hours of the day that society normally considers to be working hours aren't convenient for him?

Re: I Only Work Remotely

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Post by swerner » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 12:53 PM UTC

I have worked remotely for the better part of the last 15 years. I am now looking for a new job and am applying almost exclusively to positions that are several 100km away, if not on a different continent. The reason: the potential employer already understands that this will be a remote position. Any employer closer than 150km is just too likely to ask for "can't you just come in", and anyone 10 minutes from here will most likely not agree to remote work at all.

Re: I Only Work Remotely

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Post by padobson » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 1:02 PM UTC

swerner wrote: post #5

I have worked remotely for the better part of the last 15 years. I am now looking for a new job and am applying almost exclusively to positions that are several 100km away, if not on a different continent. The reason: the potential employer already understands that this will be a remote position. Any employer closer than 150km is just too likely to ask for "can't you just come in", and anyone 10 minutes from here wil…

Allowing remote work is a good signal for process quality too. Distributed teams don't share code on thumb drives or assign undocumented tasks at the water cooler.

Re: I Only Work Remotely

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Post by jlebrech » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 1:02 PM UTC

swerner wrote: post #5

I have worked remotely for the better part of the last 15 years. I am now looking for a new job and am applying almost exclusively to positions that are several 100km away, if not on a different continent. The reason: the potential employer already understands that this will be a remote position. Any employer closer than 150km is just too likely to ask for "can't you just come in", and anyone 10 minutes from here wil…

that's a good idea.

Re: I Only Work Remotely

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Post by GoToRO » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 1:03 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #4

I am a night owl. You can tell me I have to have my butt in a chair within your line of sight at 8 or 9am, but that is very wasteful. You are wasting my time and yours. I am not a morning person. I will start being very effective around 11am and I really get going in the afternoon/evening. So, er, everyone else has to be accommodating of this guy's abnormal working hours, because the first two hours of the day that s…

There are many types of work. The hardest type needs people to be at their peak performance level. Imagine having to jump a fence in one shot. There is no way to do it "step by step".

Re: I Only Work Remotely

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Post by chukye » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 1:03 PM UTC

I smoke weed to get creative, drink a lot of coffee and do a lot of online meetings, have some crazy hours, but I also get my work done before(better?) everyone else.

I would never fit in any workplace (tried a few but none fit), I have a big chair, 3 big monitors and a bong, also can talk with my team fellows every time I want, but we really don't need to talk too much, if you understand your product, understand your clients and your needs, that's just not too much to talk, just hard work to do.

Re: I Only Work Remotely

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Post by eliasbagley » Mon, Jan 30, 2017, 1:04 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #4

I am a night owl. You can tell me I have to have my butt in a chair within your line of sight at 8 or 9am, but that is very wasteful. You are wasting my time and yours. I am not a morning person. I will start being very effective around 11am and I really get going in the afternoon/evening. So, er, everyone else has to be accommodating of this guy's abnormal working hours, because the first two hours of the day that s…

Nobody is being forced to hire him.