Thread: Working from Home - Telecommuting

Great isn't it I love it!

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

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.

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

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.

Originally Posted by DRanged

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 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

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

Originally Posted by DRanged

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

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu found at Mexico border - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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