Who works from home? I'm up to Friday and Mondays at home. Suit and Tie in office Tues-Thursday.

I get more work done at home.

5/17/2012 4:08:27 PM

You work naked, don't you?

5/17/2012 4:29:02 PM

To completely offset the suit and tie yes I often don't put clothes on in the morning just to rebel.

5/17/2012 4:29:41 PM

i'll be working from home full-time in a little over a month.

5/17/2012 4:54:02 PM

Where ya moving?

5/17/2012 5:23:24 PM

CrazyCurls is working from home today. She did on Tuesday as well.

5/17/2012 5:27:31 PM

^^^ freaking slacker

WFH this week and next week though.

5/17/2012 5:33:19 PM

About half of my job is in the field, but the rest of it is in my living room.

5/17/2012 8:19:14 PM

I work from home every Friday, or when requested (like when the AC breaks at work, which it has three times this week)

5/17/2012 8:28:45 PM

I've worked full-time from home for 3.5 years.

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"You work naked, don't you?"

Some of the time. Mostly in PJs though.

5/17/2012 8:31:14 PM

Couldn't do it. Too many distractions. I have no discipline. I'd quickly devolve into Thomas Y.

5/17/2012 8:42:22 PM

I might try it in a few years

depends on if I get tired of DC

5/17/2012 8:52:08 PM

I couldn't do it long term. Maybe a day or two here and there but the only social circles I have are bar friends and work friends. If I worked from home I'd only have bar friends.. And Im trying to not drink as much.


Plus I wouldnt get much done anyways. I have way too much shit I want to do to my house.

5/17/2012 9:09:46 PM

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"Where ya moving?"

Richmond, VA

5/17/2012 9:26:51 PM

My job created a new job for me that allows me to work from home when we found out my husband would be moving our family to Kansas back in January (and we have since been relocated to Amarillo). It has been so helpful because now I keep the kids home which has really been like a pay raise. My husbands job is going to require us relocating every year and a half or so for awhile so it is awesome not to have to look for work with each move.

5/17/2012 9:33:44 PM

I'm really fortunate to work from home because my husband is in the navy and we've moved 3 times since I started working remotely. It's been awesome not having to find a new job in each location.

5/17/2012 10:10:19 PM

I would love to work from home more often, it would help save money on gas bills.

My team was recently moved from one division to another, including a job title change, but we'll be doing almost exactly the same thing. Supposedly the re-org has already happened but nothing has changed yet.

Our current (previous?) upper management is cool with us occasionally working from home but the new upper management wants everyone in the office. This makes absolutely no sense, since my job can be done 100% remotely except for answering the phone in my cube.

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5/17/2012 10:17:23 PM

i work from home most fridays. its amazingggg

5/17/2012 10:28:26 PM

I work from home at all times, if not at home from my car or wherever I am.

5/17/2012 11:36:00 PM

woohoo Friday = bed to desk.

5/18/2012 9:07:05 AM

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"Some of the time. Mostly in PJs though."

I find your thoughts intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

5/18/2012 9:07:34 AM

The office is for work.

The home is not for work.

I would not want to work from home.

5/18/2012 9:45:08 AM

That logic doesn't make any sense. I don't have to dress up, I save on gas, it's easier to make my own lunch. Why should I go into an office if I just sit at a computer/on phone? I'd rather do that in the comfort of my own home.

5/18/2012 10:25:04 AM

If I don't have any appointments or court appearances, I work from home on Wednesdays. Gives me a break in the middle of a usually hectic week. I'm not as productive at home as I am in the office, but it gives me a chance to get shit done around the house so I don't have to any of it on the weekends. I'll go for a run/workout in the morning and them come back and get some work done. Then I'll mow the lawn, then get some work done. Rinse and repeat until 5/6 o'clock.

I like it.

5/18/2012 12:15:24 PM

I worked from home all last fall after I had surgery on my elbow. Once I recovered it was hard to go back to the office since I had a home office set up.

Come to think of it, I'm posting from my couch right now. It's May, isn't it?

5/18/2012 12:25:49 PM

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"The office is for work. The home is not for work. I would not want to work from home."

posted from the office?

5/18/2012 12:28:54 PM

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"That logic doesn't make any sense. I don't have to dress up, I save on gas, it's easier to make my own lunch. Why should I go into an office if I just sit at a computer/on phone? I'd rather do that in the comfort of my own home."

Completely agree with everything in that statement. Additionally, I'm able to do little things around my house during the week (i.e. laundry, dusting, vacuuming, etc) and then I have my weekend for fun. Or, like today, I have a sick puppy and I was able to take her to the vet and keep and eye on her without having to take a personal day off.

Also, the closest office for me to go into is 2+ hours away which would be miserable if I had to go in even twice a week. The company pays for my home internet/phone (which I would have anyway so it's one less personal expense) and a Blackberry.

Now that's it's starting to get warm outside (in CT), I can sit on my deck and enjoy the nice weather/get some sun, rather than being stuck in an office.

5/18/2012 12:32:23 PM

Does it count as working from home if I flip things on eBay for healthy profits?

5/18/2012 12:44:24 PM

I WFH four days a week. I still have an office in RTP and go once a week for a team meeting. I enjoy aspects of both.

Staying in the house all day is not healthy for me. I make it a point to go out for my lunch break although it rarely involves eating lunch. Some days I work out, some days I run errands, and some days I'll just go to the thrift store or something to get out of the house. It's great to save gas money ($5/day, $20/week for me) and it's nice to get in that extra hour of sleep every day. I shower after my workout or as part of my lunch break most days so I can literally pop out of bed 20 minutes before work, fix a quick breakfast, and open the laptop to start my day as soon as I'm done. Very relaxing to not have to scramble every day.

Going to the office gives me a chance to interact with others and it's a good change of pace. Just as many new mothers become depressed from spending their whole day isolated from other adults, working from home can cause a person to miss those types of quality interactions. I find myself on a lot of conference calls which helps break up the monotony.

It's very easy to turn to TV to try to fix the feelings of isolation, but I quickly found that I have little to no interest in daytime television. It's just noise to me. For the most part I just turn on the radio for a little background music and count on lunch breaks and after work activities to fill my social needs.

It also gives me the ability to work remotely; something I haven't taken advantage of enough. When I go to the beach for a week I'll usually turn the computer on for a couple hours in the morning to stay on top of e-mail and critical situations. It might seem wrong to work on your vacation, but it's nice not to have a mountain of e-mails to sift through when you get back. I'm usually working in the downtime when my family/friends are watching TV and prepping for the day so it's no real loss IMO.

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5/18/2012 12:48:36 PM

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"That logic doesn't make any sense. I don't have to dress up, I save on gas, it's easier to make my own lunch. Why should I go into an office if I just sit at a computer/on phone? I'd rather do that in the comfort of my own home."

The only exclusion in that statement was "home is not for work". I don't like having to do work at home, in addition to other problems such as distractions, etc. Some people like working from home; I don't. It's that simple. I'm much more productive at work. When I'm at home I don't feel like doing work. I get paid enough to have a few nice dress clothes and to be able to afford transportation to work. And, it's pretty easy for me to make my own lunch, too.

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"posted from the office? "

Yep

5/18/2012 12:55:52 PM

^^yeah, the working remotely during vacation thing is pretty cool because I can ultimately use less of my PTO, but still be able to go on trips.

when my wife starts her new job, she'll have 6 weeks of vacation for the first year, and 7 weeks after that, so I'll definitely be having working vacations in order to not burn up all of my PTO.

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 12:56 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2012 12:56:16 PM

Yeah my office is only 2 miles away (5 min commute). Haha. I like 2-3 days in office and 2-3 days at home a week.

Plus my home office/computer/monitors are waaaay better than my work laptop+shitty monitor.

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"^^yeah, the working remotely during vacation thing is pretty cool because I can ultimately use less of my PTO, but still be able to go on trips."

This. I can still travel and work without having to take PTO.

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5/18/2012 12:58:44 PM

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"This. I can still travel and work without having to take PTO."

Yep! I have to go the NC for a wedding in early June. I'm able to fly down mid-week which saves $$ and allows me extra time to spend with family and friends, while not having to take any vacation time.

5/18/2012 1:04:48 PM

I have a family reunion in August for a week and I'm planning on working remotely for the week and spending time with the family after work. Saves me 5 days of PTO.

5/18/2012 1:06:09 PM

My dept. at work is starting the process to send "some" people to wfh. I'm hoping to be in the first round and it will be a fully wfh.

5/18/2012 1:21:29 PM

both my friends that "work from home" work half a day and then go rock climbing

i'm jealous

5/18/2012 1:23:29 PM

Yeah I have a real job and work all day.

5/18/2012 1:24:49 PM

they have real jobs also. both are software architects

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2012 1:26:57 PM

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"they have real jobs also. both are software architects"

So software architects only work half days? This is news to me. Maybe they should get more work.

5/18/2012 1:34:56 PM

i dunno, maybe they get their work done early and can take the rest of the day off?

why are you being a dicklord

5/18/2012 1:36:31 PM

i work from home in richmond everyday

got dat 105Mb comcast internet in my house

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5/18/2012 1:38:56 PM

^^Haha I'm not. I'm just saying if I got all my work done the first half of the day I'd get more work. If there wasn't any more work to be done then the company is over staffed. Paying employees to work only half days doesn't seem efficient to me (unless of course they're hourly).

^you mean Mb?

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 1:40 PM. Reason : s]

5/18/2012 1:40:11 PM

so...if you had the chance to work half a day, you would ask for more work instead? naw, son.

happier employees are more productive

5/18/2012 1:44:39 PM

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"so...if you had the chance to work half a day, you would ask for more work instead? naw, son."

Of course. If my boss knew I was only working half days I'd never get promoted. That means he's not giving me enough work to do.

5/18/2012 1:46:29 PM

i think you are missing the idea here. they are allowed to work half days because they get more work done at home. if they finish their allotted workload, they can take the rest of the day off. this is a perk of having a good employer, not a sign of mismanagement.

5/18/2012 1:48:41 PM

time worked != productivity

5/18/2012 1:52:06 PM

I work from home two days a week. It's nice just to roll out of bed and fire up the laptop vs showering, getting dressed, packing lunch, etc. I used to be more productive in the office since I worked by myself and had less distractions, but now that I work in a suite of cubes with people coming in or out I'm probably more productive at home.

I doubt your friends are working half days every day. There have been plenty of times I take a long lunch to do whatever, and I won't hesitate sending out an e-mail saying I'll be offline for a while because of dentist/garage/errands/etc. I'm not some 16 year old mcdonalds employee. If I don't do my job I get fired. That's enough incentive for me to work nights/weekend when it's required due to deadlines or whatnot and I'll coast other times when my time is not in as high demand.

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 1:56 PM. Reason : ]

5/18/2012 1:53:00 PM

I have been working from home for the last year or so. Only part that sucks about it is my wife and I don't get away from each other because she stays home with our youngest son. It was good for our relationship time to have that away time, but we are making it work.

5/18/2012 1:55:38 PM

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"^you mean Mb? "

yeah, got happy with the shift key there.

5/18/2012 1:57:43 PM

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"i think you are missing the idea here. they are allowed to work half days because they get more work done at home. if they finish their allotted workload, they can take the rest of the day off. this is a perk of having a good employer, not a sign of mismanagement."

I guess it depends on the line of work. I'm an analyst for a software company and when I'm done with my current project there's always more projects our clients have lined up for us. I have to stop myself from working 60 hour weeks. It doesn't matter how fast I finish work there's always more to be done.

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"time worked != productivity "

I never said that. I'm simply saying if someone can do a manager's expectation of a day's worth of work in a half day...shouldn't they work a full day and do twice what their manager expects of them?

5/18/2012 2:29:25 PM