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> ANON> Is Boulder CO (USA) a niche market for tech editors?
> Can they write their own
> ANON> ticket in terms of pay, dress code, and number of days
> per week they may
> ANON> telecommute?
Well, nobody really writes their own ticket. It is really booming here,
though. There are lots of jobs, and it is hard to find qualified people. So
yes, people with skills and experience can afford to be a little picky.
Housing is really overpriced, and rush hours are sad and ugly, so I can
definitely see where telecommuting would make sense around Boulder. Hmmm. I
may start thinking about it myself.
As far as the dress code goes, you almost definitely have to let go of that
one. Unless you have a constant stream of clients coming into the offices,
just tell them to trim their toenails if they're going to wear their
Birkenstocks every day.
> ANON> Also, how do you compensate main office editors if the
> satellite person
> ANON> telecommutes and they don't? All suggestions welcomed!
I still don't get this thing where telecommuting is compensation. Sure, it
can be convenient to not have to drive to work every day, but then again,
the employee eats all sorts of costs for real estate, power, office
supplies, and so forth. I know some people slack off when you let them work
from home, but I figure you fire them when they do that. You could try
hiring someone on a trial basis, and telling them that you don't care how
they do their job, as long as they do it. Watch them carefully for a while,
and can them if they're slacking off.
As far as your home office people go, they just need to understand that
there are no one-to-one correspondences. They're happy or they're not. What
someone in Boulder is doing shouldn't affect that. If that doesn't work,
remind them that every day for lunch, you have to have a chai latte and a
pastrami sandwich with BEAN SPROUTS on it!
Feel free to email me directly if you have any more specific questions.
Lisa, drinking a chai latte and eating a $9 pastrami-and-beansprout
sandwich.
