Thread: Working from Home - Telecommuting

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

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

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

That's a bonus!

Originally Posted by 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
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

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.

I find the down side is no structured start/finish times, I tend to work longer hours. I save heaps on fuel.

Originally Posted by bblaze

...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.

Originally Posted by spudboy

...I've also got an Alfa too, so you must be a top bloke, much like myself 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.

Originally Posted by solmanic

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), it was great fun to drive up the hill but scary coming down (brakes or lack there of)

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

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

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.

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).

Originally Posted by solmanic

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.