sorry DOH!!! I lost track of which list I was replying to, too many threads on the go at the same time heh!!!! So yes potential employers, remote working does work well for some people, everyone's situation is different, as is their ability to be organised, self disciplined and hard working.
What I would say is that there is a pretty easy way to dispel any negative feeling an employer may have, simply offer to be monitored to perform time tracking. If you are not doing what you say you are doing then you have nothing to hide. Checkout http://www.paymo.biz/?ref=LB1IETWkZblq They have 2 very handy tools A time tracker widget which allows you to record your time spent on individual tasks/jobs And another tool called PaymoPlus, which you basically keep running all day and it tracks how long you spend using each app/window so you can then run off a report at the end of the day and link each app usage to a job/task. It is not a big brother tool, so no-one is watching your activity, it is managed by you. http://www.paymo.biz/blog/paymo-plus-beta.html?ref=LB1IETWkZblq Russ On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Wil Genovese <jugg...@trunkful.com> wrote: > > Russ - you must be talking about that "other list" - This is CFTALK. :) > > > Wil Genovese > Sr. Web Application Developer/ > Systems Administrator > CF Webtools > www.cfwebtools.com > > wilg...@trunkful.com > www.trunkful.com > > On Jun 23, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Russ Michaels wrote: > > > > > LOL, I think your being a bit paranoid there John, this is a private list > > remember,invite only :-) > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:40 PM, John M Bliss <bliss.j...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Again, just to be safe, "Dear future employer, Russ is talking about > >> himself > >> / some people. Many people will not have these problems so please *do* > >> consider hiring telecommuters." > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Moving to an office also helped me stop smoking. When at home I would > go > >>> downstairs for a smoke whenever I felt like it, at the REAL office I > >> simply > >>> didn't bother. > >>> I worked from home for many years and it did work well, but in the end > I > >>> became complacent and bored, I think due to the fact that work and home > >>> were > >>> the same thing and it felt like I was at work 24/7. > >>> It really does help to be able to separate work from home life, having > a > >>> separate room as an office helps, as long as when you close the door > work > >>> is > >>> over. For me it is never over as running a hosting co means I am doing > >>> support as long as I am awake, but I guess for people that can get away > >>> with > >>> 9-5 it is slightly different. > >>> > >>> But as Jacob mentioned, if your married the wife does tend to think > that > >> if > >>> your home your not really working, so you can do chores for her. > >>> > >>> Russ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
