BossTalks.com Topic: Working from home: pros and cons

white on "Working from home: pros and cons"

white — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:25 +0000

I am a 100% agree. I would even better typical 3/2 situation, but with a flexible hours.

wakina on "Working from home: pros and cons"

wakina — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:12:52 +0000

Hi guys, I have been working from home for about 5 years. and sometimes its great and sometimes its not. I love the ability to work my hours and do things on my time. However, it can sometimes be very isolating. I think I do miss the buzz of the office world and the people contact

However on the hother hand, I dont miss the office politics and the every day work commute. I think the ideal situation may be to work from home 3 day s a week and 2 days in an office setting.

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green on "Working from home: pros and cons"

green — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:14:56 +0000

May be the way out is to work around people? Starbucks and other places. It's not office, and not a home. Something in the middle ;-)

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susanvarghese2007 on "Working from home: pros and cons"

susanvarghese2007 — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:42:53 +0000

Boy..I agree!...I have worked in both- office and home. I feel even more responsible when I work from home...I know no one is watching- but at the end of the day- you have to show some output! It's tougher when you are a non-billable person...and it's even more tougher when your supervisors trust you with your work!

But apart from all the said above, I must say that when it comes to working from home- you are your own boss- I can be more organized, less of distractions (you see I don't like to have colleagues around ALL the time) and of course do things at my own pace- that includes having my meal in front of my PC too! However, it'd be nice to work in an office set up too once in a while- You see, the PC cannot be always the best of a man's companion!

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white on "Working from home: pros and cons"

white — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:46:45 +0000

Hi guys. What do you think about working flexible hours and do the most of work from home?

Personally, I am working from home for more then 8 years now. My home job was combined with office job for some periods of my life, but they never worked for me as good as home job. And here are two cases for me. The first case is working for somebody else, and the second case is working for myself (either own company or being a self-employed).

Lets start from working for somebody else. I spend more time working. I care more. I keep an eye. This normally doesn't happen to me when I am working from office. I've got fixed hours of work, after that I am completely "disconnected" and there is no way somebody can make me think about the work. Why should I? However, from the other side, I (may) have problems concentrating working from home. It depends on the way how you manage your time, but it could be an issue.

Well, the situation when you are working for yourself is different. I don't have such big difference between an office and home, except feeling myself much more comfortable by laying down on the bed with laptop, instead of doing the same in the office, when some (hired) people can't do this or don't feel comfortable with laying on the bed in the office. :)

So in total I feel myself very comfortable working from home, however, nice office is a good thing to have (to make a business meetings or have company parties :).

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