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Subject:Re: telecom as part of contract From:John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Jan 1998 11:35:38 -0500
I believe that any company would welcome this type of telecommuting with open arms.
The difference between the two is "I want to work at home when I could work in the office because of XXX" However, both you and management will have an understanding of what xxx is though they will probably be different.
OTOH, I need to work at home because I cannot get in and if I don't, the deadline will be missed. Now THIS management can understand.
It's odd. I've worked on four assignments since becoming a contractor and all four of them had a policy that you could telecommute, work in the office, (or work from the beach in Bermuda as far as anyone cared), we don't care as long as the job gets done. All four had an infrastructure set up to connect to the network from the outside and one in fact gave (loaned) everyone laptops (including contractors) just so they COULD work out of the office. In fact, two of them were pushing "hoteling" so they wouldn't even have to dedicate an office for each person. I wonder if the fact that three of them were in telecommunications had anything to do with it.
John Posada
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Subject: telecom as part of contract
Greetings, folks.
One of my colleagues is looking for some advice on an upcoming contract.
He has been in tech writing for some time now. Like most of us, he has
found working at home is better for him and more productive. He also
recognizes that most management is not yet comfortable with it. So,
here's the question. Where I live we tend to get bad blizzards in the
midwinter, and no equipment to clear the roads. So what? He hates losing
productive time on a deadline just 'cause he can't get into the office.
Is it reasonable to expect clients and employers to accept that he will
telecommute when getting into the office is impractical?
Thanks for the answers,
JENNA C. PARSONS
Technical Writer
Stingray Software
