Storage space. Access when a router is down. Depending on the work site, you may have better physical facilities. Meetings in meatspace (I leave it up to you whether that is an advantage or a disadvantage.)
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Brian Chapman <bchapma...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 1:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? Other than changing (or kicking) the hardware, what can be done on-site that can't be done off-site? Most sysprog responsibilities are software. On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 1:08 PM Chuck Kreiter <kreiter_ibm-m...@twc.com> wrote: > Do you have to also go into the office for "off-hours" support? During an > outage, I would expect that is when you are needed to be most productive so > being on-site seems logical (according to the management explaination). > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of esmie moo > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:30 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? > > We were able to work from home until last year. According to > management's explanation "productivity had deteriorated"Now, we all make > the trek to the office. A lot of people were caught in a bind because > their homes were about 50 -70 miles away from the city center. Others had > to scramble to find daycare for their toddlers. An immense strain and > hardship was exacted on us because we now have to pay expensive > transportation costs etc. But as we are reminded by management to "count > our blessings and we are lucky to have a job". Amen !!!!! > On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 02:55:34 a.m. GMT-4, Ron Hawkins < > ron.hawk...@ipsicsopt.com> wrote: > > Charles, > > It may be a bit different for a test environment, but up until I left > Hitachi last year, I was the only MF person that split time between home > and the office. > > A year later, the MF itself has moved, and none of the testers works on > site. When I left they were located in both US states and another country. > I am doing some contract work for them n and split my time between > Australia and Philippines. > > I liked to have our team to train and work face to face occasionally and > had regular fly-ins of the team for a week. California killed this off as > they want to declare you a tax resident if you spend more than 60 calendar > days in the state. Tell that to someone from Nevada. > > > RON HAWKINS > Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) > m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Charles Mills > Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2019 06:46 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from > home? > > I am doing a favor for a friend who is writing a blog article on the above > subject, with an emphasis on the effect of the shrinking mainframe > personnel pool. (This is NOT some disguised headhunter pitch. Reply to the > list or to me personally. I will take full responsibility for "sanitizing" > your e-mail address and so forth out of what I forward to my friend.) > > Does your employer allow mainframe sysprogs and developers to work from > home? > Any particular restrictions or qualifications? > Have they changed their policies specifically to address the shrinking > mainframe personnel pool? > Roughly what percentage of your colleagues work from home? > > Thanks! > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
