You're talking about permanent employees as opposed to people hired for specific projects, but in the latter category I've had telecommuters off & on for about 3 years now (at least one is on this list) and it can work very well. Although I agree that nothing beats actually being there, the fact is I've had good results working with people I never saw for months on end.
As regards technology, you can do a lot with web-based groupware such as chat & whiteboards. We have those built in to the integrated project platform we use for a lot of work. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damian Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:01 PM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] RE: The chicken or the egg and seriously also, it's a very different world allowing employees to telework. you may find that larger service companies begin to do this more often with freelancers as it cuts down on overheads and that may change the way the employee market works eventually. I'm happy for trusted people to work at home but as Duncan pointed out, there is a definite need for regular personal contact that MSN can't yet provide. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2004 14:57 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] RE: The chicken or the egg but on a more serious note, i'd be more than happy to consider telecommuting offers of up to 40 hours a week (providing I can get away with working 10) -----Original Message----- From: Damian Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2004 13:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] RE: The chicken or the egg Yeah... I would be very nervous about letting an employee go like that at the moment, give it 30 years or so though- you'll be able to work at home once you've retired and the mean employers will pay you �2.00 an hour, the equivalent of a penny sweet in future money ;) -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Fenton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2004 14:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] RE: The chicken or the egg Even a boss that trusted me - and there have been a few - would not sign up for that. Maybe I'm atypical, but part of the service is to support my sponsor in his/her interactions with other players (his/her boss, other 'barons', the users, potential/actual customers....). And for that you have to be able to attend in person at reasonable notice. Duncan Fenton ======================================== Message date : Jun 07 2004, 02:02 PM >From : "Barry L Beattie" To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copy to : Subject : RE: [ cf-dev ] RE: The chicken or the egg >> yes but we all know Spike that's the difference yes. how well you know them. Trust. as a side note - who here could talk their boss into letting them telecommute? say if you wanted to spend 2+ months in the bahamas? how about if you could arrange handy tools - iChat, video conference, a sorted CVS, decient laptop and internet connection? curious barry.b ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake Hollywood" Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:13:50 +0100 To: Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] RE: The chicken or the egg yes but we all know Spike that's the difference. It's a different kettle of fish when your dealing with an unknown. Russ -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
