Re: The telecommuting myth

[Kate O'Neill <kateo -at- CINEBASE -dot- COM>]

I apologize in advance for the formatting of my response.
I can't -stand- the way Outlook handles email.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Sering [SMTP:rsering -at- EXCALIB -dot- COM]
> Subject:      The telecommuting myth
>
> After having worked for
> several clients/employers over the last few years, I am beginning to
> wonder
> how much telecommuting truly takes place in these wired times. I manage
> one
> or two days working at home per month (sometimes less), but these are
> granted only grudgingly, and have so many conditions attached to them that
> I
> really have more latitude to do my work when I come in to the office. So I
> have concluded that telecommuting is something that the magazines and
> Sunday
> supplements like to write about as a Big Trend, but that it has only
> miniscule acceptance in the Real World. Thoughts, anyone?
>
        [O'Neill, Kate]  In my company, telecommuting is indeed
        alive and well, and not only for contractors. Two to three
        telecommute days per week are the norm for almost all
        employees. Yet even in an environment like this, some of
        us are in the office nearly every day.

        Why? Well, my experience may differ from that of my
        colleagues, but I find that there are several advantages to
        being in the office every day:
        - Meetings happen. They do. And there's no way to predict
        when the V.P. of Engineering or the Director of Product
        Marketing is going to get the urge to call one. Yes, I could
        dial in for the meetings, but it just ain't the same.
        - Can't access code from home. Yeah, well, I do software
        documentation. Sometimes ya gotta be able to look at
        the latest and greatest build in order for things to make
        sense.
        - Love that personal interaction! Many of my most
        valued SMEs are in the office every day; being there with
        them makes it oh-so-much easier to extract information
        from their heads.

        And then there's my 21-inch monitor... OK, so now you
        know the -real- reason I prefer working in the office. ;-)

--
Kate O'Neill: Manager of Documentation
Cinebase Software
kate -at- cinebase -dot- com ... direct -at- 650 -dot- 568 -dot- 7343


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