I think almost any job has things that should be done together and things that don't necessarily need to be done together; and in some working environments those things are well-segregated and in others they aren't. In cases where significant time (>= 20%) is spent doing things by oneself, and that time is (or can be) segregated from the time spent doing things with others, workers and employers should look hard at enabling remote work. Done right - and given the tools and practices available today, that shouldn't be too hard - it's a win-win situation for everybody.
Adam R., you make an excellent point. The US is just catching up to what Europe's been paying for gas for many years now. Of course in the meantime you've surged ahead too. ;-) Thanks for the different perspective! On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are right for some activities, I did not mean to say a company has a > good reason to *never* allow telecommuting. That being said in our > enterprise our mentoring program calls for an average of 55 hours/year and > a > tech lead will usually average about 110 hours/year doing code reviews many > of these activities are informal and happen throughout a normal day at the > office. Its reasons like this that telecommuting is allowed but its not > viable to telecommute from a different region. > > > Adam Haskell > > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > 2008/5/21 Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > bad but employers have 100% valid reasons for wanting staff on site. > > > > *for some activities* you should have gone on to say. > > Unless someone is code reviewing 100% of the time, whats the point ? > > > > -- > > Tom > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
