Whoops: Joel's Email and bio are here: http://www.extremetech.com/author_bio/0,1728,a=218,00.asp
> -----Original Message----- > From: RobG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:47 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: Great article on Telecommuting > > I spent several years in the SF Bay Area as an on-site > developer. While > fun (to a point), the drive times were a pain. If I worked in SF, I > took the train in since there was no parking, and it was a three hour > commute each way versus just over an hour on the train. > > Then I picked up a remote job, the office of which was maybe > five miles > from my house. That job stuck too -- what was to be a > one-year project > is now in its seventh year and is finally winding down. I've > moved four > times too, all over the western US, and it's never mattered to them > where I live because the work simply got done. > > I had wanted to write back to the author of that article to > tell him why > I know a lot of companies won't accept telecommuting, but I > couldn't > find an email address for him. The bottom line: Other > employees whine > about it. "Whaaa, it's not fair if he gets to and I don't." Doesn't > matter if, as an HR person, it's not really something you can do, > whereas a developer or writer can. Heaven forbid somebody be > offended. > > But that's okay because I don't want to work for a place like that. :) > > Rob > > > > Adkins, Randy wrote: > > I totally agree. I have contacted quite a few companies with job > > opportunities (some which are maybe 50 miles from where I live) > > And they all say the same thing: FACE TIME, On-SITE, blah blah.... > > > > However, I have 3 clients for whom I work for virtually > every day and > > they are located in different locations around the US. > > They are located in Florida, California, and Washington DC. > > > > I use Skype, GoToMeeting, various technologies as needed to > connect to > > their network and all. > > > > They are perfectly fine with everything. They know I am > available and > > when they call I answer. When they have a meeting, I > > Either call in or host a preview using GoToMeeting. They > are extremely > > pleased with everything I have done thus far and I > > It has been a great working relationship. > > > > Now the question is why can't other companies offer the same... > > Especially ones located near-by. Those if I had to, I would > > Drive in for a meeting once a week or so... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
