Working from Home - Telecommuting

[WhiteD3]

Having been confined to the study and bedroom for the last week since bringing back swine flu from the HK, I can say that I'm settling in nicely to this WFH/Telecommuting bit.

Cons:
I seem to eat far more biscuits than what I do in the office:spudnikhurler:
I spend too much time checking AULRO
I get to clean up the kitchen in the morning and put dinner on in the arvo.
Nothing to do in the evenings....I've done it all aleady:cool:

Pros:
A new appreciation for Windows Messenger. I've found that both the video and audio calls are great, few drop outs and a good way to keep in touch. I have ADSL+2 at home which helps.
No AC drying out my eyes. Usually I'm squinting by 3PM.
The dog thinks I'm great...gets to stay inside all day...eating treats and getting fat.
Lots of time to think up stupid thread topics.:angel:

[Psimpson7]

Great isn't it:) I love it!

[stevo68]

Hi Mark,

I hear ya....having worked at home for last couple of years now. Cons for me are you don't get to interact with people alot...so have to like your own company :). Mind you I have skype and a few mates on it so that helps. With the whole GEC thing....missus has had to go back and do some part time work.....so ditto...dishes/dinner/ picking up/dropping off kids.

Pros....extra time with my children as dont have to battle traffic to and from work, time is more flexible as well. Hope you are feeling better as well,

Regards

Stevo

[DRanged]

Having been confined to the study and bedroom for the last week since bringing back swine flu from the HK, I can say that I'm settling in nicely to this WFH/Telecommuting bit.

Cons:
I seem to eat far more biscuits than what I do in the office:spudnikhurler:
I spend too much time checking AULRO
I get to clean up the kitchen in the morning and put dinner on in the arvo.
Nothing to do in the evenings....I've done it all aleady:cool:

Pros:
A new appreciation for Windows Messenger. I've found that both the video and audio calls are great, few drop outs and a good way to keep in touch. I have ADSL+2 at home which helps.
No AC drying out my eyes. Usually I'm squinting by 3PM.
The dog thinks I'm great...gets to stay inside all day...eating treats and getting fat.
Lots of time to think up stupid thread topics.:angel:

Mate I have picked up Swine flu as well but it knocked me for 6 I can tell you.
How did you cope???


Justin

I,ve got to get back on the road must have at least 20 -30 breakdowns logged:(

Justin

[solmanic]

I will never, NEVER go back to work at an office!

The pros:
Coffee machine is on at 10:30am and 4pm without fail.
If I feel like taking the dog out for a walk, I just do it.
If no-one is hassling me to have things done, I just chill out.
I always try to organise my meetings in town after 9:30am and before 4pm so I am never caught in traffic and usually get street parks in the city.
My office looks out through the car port where the Alfa and Defender are so i am pretty pleased with the view. I am working on getting a couple of pinball machines for the "client lounge" ;).

The cons:
Yes - far too much time wasting. But I reckon 1 hours work at home = 3 hours in an office.

[WhiteD3]

Mate I have picked up Swine flu as well but it knocked me for 6 I can tell you.
How did you cope???

Justin, I got on the Tamiflu 24 hours after the first signs (apparently you've got 48 hours after symptoms onset to get on it). Luckily I never got worse than a bad head cold and no cough thank god! As my Mrs and oldest boy Andy are both susceptible to asthma-type complaints we went the whole hog re isolation, masks (for me), alcohol wipes on everything I touched, etc, and it seems to have worked.

Not sure what my productivity was last week :angel: but I've gone from feeling 50% 2 days ago to 95% today.

Not so funny now but was at the time. Saturday night (before last) I'm on one of the escalators going up to Vic Peak lookout in HK and I sneezed (hay fever). This Asian lady in front of me looked at me and bolted up the escalator, pushing people out of the way, with me laughing all the way:angel:

[cucinadio]

know how you feel guys ..Ive been in hospitality for 18 years....but have been off for nearly 7 months now with an injury...it's the longest time of ever been at home .....

pro's

see the kids a heap more and loving every min of it , ive missed way to much
able to drop to school and be there to pick them up
see the missus much more than l have in 18 years (driving her bloody crazy)

con's

to much time to think, getting myself in trouble with you lot...;)
what house work i can get done ...;)
dinner as long as it's via the slow cooker...;)
realizing how much Ive been missing in my family's life ..:(..and the longer l am off the much much harder it will be to go back...

hope your well soon mate

cheers

[WhiteD3]

Mate I have picked up Swine flu as well but it knocked me for 6 I can tell you.
How did you cope???




Speaking of Swine flu....this headline on ABC...Tamiflu resistant swine flu:eek:

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu found at Mexico border - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/04/2645312.htm'section=justin)

[bblaze]

Worked from a home office for over 15 years earnng an income doing various tasks such as signwritting, retailing computers, operating a small print shop, Mechanical work, welding and the list goes on.
The biggest downfal I find is that people expect you to be available 24/7 and there seems to be no knock off time. To have a break we have found the only way is interstate travel (not that thats a bad thing) to places with no ph reception. Would I change it, not at this point but often think that it would be nice if someone payed me to go on holidays.
cheers
blaze

[spudboy]

I will never, NEVER go back to work at an office!

The pros:
Coffee machine is on at 10:30am and 4pm without fail.
If I feel like taking the dog out for a walk, I just do it.
If no-one is hassling me to have things done, I just chill out.
I always try to organise my meetings in town after 9:30am and before 4pm so I am never caught in traffic and usually get street parks in the city.
My office looks out through the car port where the Alfa and Defender are so i am pretty pleased with the view. I am working on getting a couple of pinball machines for the "client lounge" ;).

The cons:
Yes - far too much time wasting. But I reckon 1 hours work at home = 3 hours in an office.

That's pretty much my work life too. I feel sorry for all the people having to get to work by 9:00AM. 10:00 meetings are so much more civilised, and the traffic is about 20% of peak hour!

I've also got an Alfa too, so you must be a top bloke, much like myself :D 159 Ti Wagon in Diesel. 400MN of torque always brings a smile to my dial.

[THE BOOGER]

Been working for myself from home for 23 years dont think i could go back to an office working for sombody else now to used to doing my own thing:D

[Jezzaol]

I am interested and in a situation where I'm only doing some drop of a hat casual work and am interested for all the same reason as you guys to work from home !! I'm just interested did you stumble on a great scheme to do from home or make one yourself ? Ive looked at a few "work from home and make $$$$$$" type web sites but I'm skeptical !?!?! which ones are bogus and which ones are good ??

Any tips guys ?

Cheers

[Scallops]

Having been confined to the study and bedroom for the last week....

Cons:

...I seem to eat far more biscuits than what I do in the office:spudnikhurler:


That's a bonus! :D

[V8Ian]

Having been confined to the study and bedroom for the last week since bringing back swine flu from the HK, I can say that I'm settling in nicely to this WFH/Telecommuting bit.

Cons:
I seem to eat far more biscuits than what I do in the office:spudnikhurler:
I spend too much time checking AULRO
I get to clean up the kitchen in the morning and put dinner on in the arvo.
Nothing to do in the evenings....I've done it all aleady:cool:

Pros:
A new appreciation for Windows Messenger. I've found that both the video and audio calls are great, few drop outs and a good way to keep in touch. I have ADSL+2 at home which helps.
No AC drying out my eyes. Usually I'm squinting by 3PM.
The dog thinks I'm great...gets to stay inside all day...eating treats and getting fat.
Lots of time to think up stupid thread topics.:angel:
I find the down side is no structured start/finish times, I tend to work longer hours. I save heaps on fuel.:D:D

[solmanic]

...The biggest downfal I find is that people expect you to be available 24/7 and there seems to be no knock off time.

That's why I keep separate home and business phone lines. When I'm "at work" I let the home phone go through to messagebank - and vice versa.


...I've also got an Alfa too, so you must be a top bloke, much like myself :D 159 Ti Wagon in Diesel. 400MN of torque always brings a smile to my dial.

1970 1750 GTV. Pure eye candy but suffering from a lack of electricity just at the moment.

[WhiteD3]

1970 1750 GTV. Pure eye candy but suffering from a lack of electricity just at the moment.

In another life (early '80s) I did two way radio comms on the gold coast. We had repeaters at Tamborine and Springbrook. The boss was a car nut and had a GTV which we could take on repeater service calls (as the customers always thought these were emergencies).

When the GTV would start (electricals):mad:, it was great fun to drive up the hill but scary coming down (brakes or lack there of):eek:

[solmanic]

When the GTV would start (electricals):mad:, it was great fun to drive up the hill but scary coming down (brakes or lack there of):eek:

Must have been an earlier model before they put dual brake boosters in. I'm still impressed by the fact that such an old car has 4 wheel disc brakes, twin overhead cams and a limited slip diff. I think Holdens & Fords of the same era still used hollowed out tree trunks as axles and had wet sponges for brakes.

[WhiteD3]

The handling of the GTV was great for that vintage of car. Hopping out of it and into my (then) HT was chalk and cheese, even if the HT was a 186S 4 speed (like cornering in a large overladen barge).

[spudboy]

1970 1750 GTV. Pure eye candy but suffering from a lack of electricity just at the moment.

That's got more class than mine! Ours is an everyday wagon. Bit more interesting than the usual BMW 3 series or Volvo. It's still an Alfa though.

[solmanic]

4pm and just had my.....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Now to..... ah bugger it, I think I'll call it a day :p.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

It sounds great to me too!

I doubt it will happen though. They are happy for me to do telecommuting for after hours type work but I think they want to see me most of the time :o

I had a week of telecommuting through swine flu too. :)

[WhiteD3]

Important update:

Pro: I'm well...first time in 2 weeks I haven't sniffed or sneezed.:arms:

Con: My left ear hurts from the bluetooth thingy:( It's either too small or I have big ears. I asked SWMBO but she just shook her head and gave me the "you're crazy" look;)