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End the Office? Students Want Right to Work From Home

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Re: End the Office? Students Want Right to Work From Home

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Post by rick888 »

Working from home isn't a right. I've done both (worked from home and an office) and it takes a certain kind of person to actually be able to get work done at home. The same sort of discipline that you need to run your own company. Most people just don't have this discipline.

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Post by poink »

rick888 wrote: post #2

Working from home isn't a right. I've done both (worked from home and an office) and it takes a certain kind of person to actually be able to get work done at home. The same sort of discipline that you need to run your own company. Most people just don't have this discipline.

There are ways around this. You can do pair programming with screen sharing and VOIP, for example. As a company/manager/lead you might have to enforce good practice, but that's also true in the office.

(The less your team needs to worry about this stuff, the more likely they are to be successful no matter where you put them.)

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Post by veyron »

aforty wrote: post #5

Why are we linked to some blog instead of the original source, especially when it's just copied verbatim and with an annoyingly low-res graphic. Original source with high-res info-graphic: http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/work-from-home-2/

Thanks for linking. How do people make those info graphics?

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Post by SandB0x »

veyron wrote: post #6
aforty wrote: post #5

Why are we linked to some blog instead of the original source, especially when it's just copied verbatim and with an annoyingly low-res graphic. Original source with high-res info-graphic: http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/work-from-home-2/

Thanks for linking. How do people make those info graphics?

Adobe Illustrator, most likely.

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Post by dfxm12 »

I work in a huge multi-national corporation. Some of the people I interact with are co-located with me, however, most are not. I've even worked with people who are 100% remote. What does it matter to them where I'm sitting? Now, I agree there is something to be said about team building & sheer convenience, depending on the nature of your work, but as long as you are getting the job done, who cares if you are sitting behind your desk 40 hrs/wk?

This should also be a no-brainer for employers. Flex schedules/working from home is an excellent perk, and is low hanging fruit in terms of a company "going green", since there are less people driving to work and offices supporting fewer people produce a smaller carbon footprint.

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Post by synnik »

I'm less interested in what college students think about office work than I would be to see what changes they may have (or not) after 3 years of experience.

I'm not disputing the results... I've just noticed that a few years of experience tends to temper attitude a bit, once people learn the reasons behind various policies.

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Post by eavc »

rick888 wrote: post #2

Working from home isn't a right. I've done both (worked from home and an office) and it takes a certain kind of person to actually be able to get work done at home. The same sort of discipline that you need to run your own company. Most people just don't have this discipline.

I'm not really that kind of person, but I find that I'm able to get things done from home when there is a clear definition of the work and a firm deadline. I think that's a difference between running a company and working from home - you can still be managed while working from home.
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