My company allows certain departments to work remotely and my group was selected last year to be able to participate in this. It is voluntary and they reimburse us for internet and phone fees. Anyone else do this? what are your opinions on it? I am liking it so far because the schedule is flexible. If you do such a thing, you have to be disciplined though (dont get distracted, get your work done, etc)

 

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...0/b4013001.htm

Cliff notes: Employees actually work harder when they feel a sense of trust is given to them by the company. I work remotely most Fridays

 

I work remotely, but still in an office. My department is in Charlotte, NC and I work out of Irvine, CA. I am the only one out here so I have a lot of trust in me as I have no manager out here. It is true though, I do seem to work harder knowing I have a lot of trust put on me.

 

I'm the eyes, ears, and hands for about 5 other remote engineers in addition to my own work. The plus is you get peace and quiet to do your work very well, but the catch is, you can't just hop over the cube wall to ping an idea around (which is often a good thing where I work).

You also need a guy like me there to do some of the hands-on work, which means no matter how much you want to do XYZ, you're at the mercy of other people around you to make the physical changes.

That said, it is great- a lot of my co-workers do telecommute Mondays or Fridays.

 

I work two days a week out of the house.... love it!

You have to make sure that you don't get sidetracked doing stuff at home!

Going to shoot for 3 days next year!

 

Only bad thing is the lack of face to face interaction with co-workers/bosses/etc......

Hope the old saying... "Out of sight, out of mind" doesn't hold true....

Just wonder if working at home will make people fall behind regarding promotions?

 

I work remotely 4 days a week.

Best job ever.
I literally roll out of bed on to my comp and start working.

As for reimbursements. I'm not sure about the laws in your state but if working from home is voluntary(you still have access to office space) they don't have to give you anything.

 

can i ask what kind of jobs you guys might have.

 

im an analyst at a bank in the mortgage division.

 

Working for an American Co. here is Aus.

Previously I had worked for them, and management for the local team was dead against it.

The new management team are less fussed on it.

In my line of work it's quite handy, you can focus and knock off a lot of work. Office space is getting tighter and tighter but, I get in early enough to get a hotdesk. I do actually like the commute to work.

I work from home when I feel like it and typically work from home when I know I want to be somewhere after work or use up my time before works starts. So working from home nets me around 1.5 hours in the day.

The number distractions I would get at home aren't any less than being in the office its just I can work more efficiently in my own environment than an office environment.

WFH is in the spotlight in Aus, as our largest Telco had to pay out on an employee who fell and injured herself twice, whislt working from home.