Thread: working from home

oh yeah and i got to ride with josh up to the school, towed the dog along as well, ride my bike back upto the school this afternoon.......all cool stuff except for the house work megs has left me

Hey mate,

I work from home and I would say I get a lot more done than if I was in an office environment. You have to be pretty disciplined and you can miss contact with other people, but the upside for me is I get to spend more time with the kids and I dont have to drive to work,

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by stevo68

Hey mate,

I work from home and I would say I get a lot more done than if I was in an office environment. You have to be pretty disciplined and you can miss contact with other people, but the upside for me is I get to spend more time with the kids and I dont have to drive to work,

Regards

Stevo

Likewise I work from home - as Stevo says you have to be disciplined - and know when to start and stop work......unfortunately I don't have this and I am often found to still be at my 'desk' well into the night sometimes.

...........but I do disapear off to the club every day for an hour to interact with other people.

Yes, I can see you blokes are really being productive, mind on the job and one eye on AULRO

I try to work from home one day a week. for two reasons 1) to try and save a bit on car costs 2) to try and get those jobs done that need concentration.
What has enabled this is full access to all the work servers and email etc from home - woludn't be able to do it otherwise.
Also like being able to get my own good coffee and food.
And not doing the 45 minute commute each way, gives me all that time extra.

I feel ya WayneP!

I have an hour each way and work from home when I can e.g. having work done on the house, car in for repairs, etc but I asked our site GM if I could do it more regularly - "I think you need to set an example for the other staff Stuart".....blah - Stuff the other staff ... it doesn't cost them over $100 per week in fuel to get to work! Mind you, my direct boss at head office said he has no problems with it. What to do...!?!

Have worked from home for 17 yrs.
I like it,now have an office in the double garage,separate from the house.I am often out doing jobs,etc,but if not much on,can do things around the place if needed.
Can also work in office at night & weekends if needed,& dont have to go anywhere.
My wife does the office work,and can often go into house and start dinner etc,if she wants to.
Its also nice not to pay someone else rent,etc.
The workshop is also here so it is handy as well.



The dog likes us being at home as well.

Hi folks, if you can do it, for most people it can be the best thing going.

Over 20 years ago, thanks to a hobby that started earning me more than my regular job, I went from a part time home based business supported by full time shift work to a full time home based business and it was the best move I ever made.

I hear all my mates bitching about how much longer it took this morning to get from home to work because of some traffic delay or what ever and I just say “I know what they mean. I had a bitch of a morning too, took me 45 second longer to get from the bedroom, via the kitchen, to the office cause I couldn’t find any milk for my coffee”.

Seriously, as some have posted above, there are some huge benefits to being able to work at/from home but there are some not so welcome side effects.

When I moved to Qld, my daughter was working for me full time, between uni courses and other than the people she met at uni, being new to the area she never got the chance to meet new friends.

She now works 4 day a week for two small office companies and gets to meet lots of people.

Working at home will work for some and not for others.