Right. Telecommuters have an (obvious) responsibility to avoid enough distractions and/or put in enough hours to get their work done.
But same goes for non-telecommuters. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > LOL, well unless u have stats it is nothing more than opinion, but common > sense tells you that distractions stop you form working effectively. > And the only way to avoid those distractions is to be away from them. > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John M Bliss <bliss.j...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Can we not say "a lot?" Can we agree on "some?" Just in case my next > > employer is reading this thread? > > > > Unless you have stats...? > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > working from home doesn't work for a lot of people though, there are > too > > > many distractions, tv, food, wife or g/f, even more so if you have > small > > > kids screaming round the house all day or if you do not have a separate > > > room > > > to use as an office. > > > I have been far more productive since I moved out of the house and into > a > > > proper office, as has my wife (who works for me). > > > > > > Russ > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John M Bliss <bliss.j...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > +1 on everything said thus far re: telecommute. My company has < 10 > > > > employees, no office, and we're spread out over four states. We use > > some > > > > tools already mentioned plus GoToMeeting. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > John Bliss - http://about.me/jbliss > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Sean Corfield < > seancorfi...@gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Mark A. Kruger < > > > mkru...@cfwebtools.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > When we mad telecommuting available and stopped worrying about > > > > relocation > > > > > > things got a lot easier for us. > > > > > > > > > > I'll +100 on this. > > > > > > > > > > At Broadchoice, we figured out who we'd like to work for us and > > > > > conducted screening interviews, then flew in our top picks (from > the > > > > > list of candidates who had expressed interest) for a two-day > > > > > mini-conference with the full company team - and we made the > > > > > candidates present to the team! We had no plans to make anyone > > > > > relocate - we already let people telecommute a few days a week even > > if > > > > > they lived locally. > > > > > > > > > > At World Singles, most of the company were telecommuting when I > > joined > > > > > because we're a (small) global company. We quickly gave up the > office > > > > > in So. Cal. and let everyone work from home full time. Now, when we > > > > > hire someone, location is simply not an issue: if you're right for > > us, > > > > > we'll hire you (and you get to work in PJs or whatever you want). > We > > > > > plan to have an all-hands company meeting once or twice a year and > > fly > > > > > everyone in for the event, but we rely on Yammer! and Unfuddle / > git > > > > > and mailing lists and Skype and iChat and so on. We can pair > remotely > > > > > as engineers whenever we want - not as good as pairing face-to-face > > > > > but it works well enough. > > > > > > > > > > > We play to these strengths whenever we can. We provide a model > that > > > is > > > > > > focused on the work performed not hours at a desk. We make their > > > > families > > > > > > important to us. We provide them with a steady flow of positive > > > > > > reinforcement. Out of a staff of 18 nearly half are now remotely > > > > working > > > > > in > > > > > > various parts of the country. > > > > > > > > > > +1 on all of that. > > > > > > > > > > > 1) How do you develop community and facilitate knowledge sharing > > with > > > a > > > > > > remote staff. > > > > > > > > > > Regular interaction via Skype, mailing lists, wikis. > > > > > > > > > > > 2) How do you manage meetings and stakeholder interaction. > > > > > > > > > > Keep them to a minimum - and use video conference calls when you do > > > them > > > > at > > > > > all. > > > > > > > > > > > 3) What technology is the most helpful with a remote staff. > > > > > > > > > > Keep all your resources in the cloud - use a hosted bug tracker / > > > > > version control system. Use IM a LOT. Use Skype (with video). Use > > > > > iChat (chat, audio, video, screen sharing - Mac rocks!). > > > > > > > > > > > 4) How do you overcome the hesitancy of potential customers who > are > > > > > > uncomfortable with a remote staff. > > > > > > > > > > Seriously? You still encounter this? I've worked remotely for > > > > > customers for years - I've *never* seen resistance to this. > > > > > -- > > > > > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > > > > > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > > > > World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ > > > > > Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://www.getrailo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > > > > > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345569 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
