[Default] On 10 Mar 2020 13:47:16 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main st...@stevebeaver.com (Steve Beaver) wrote:
>About the only thing I can't do from home is plug in ficon cables but I can >sure direct people to plug cables. > >I have had several contact companies what me to go the customer site and I >give them a price that is really HIGH/STUPID. > >Sooner or later, probably sooner the will wake up and smell the discontent and >flat out resistance to being >On site. Even the Department of Defense is beginning to move to remote If your job can be done from 80 kilometres away, it can be done from any country that has less expensive people than you are. It is interesting that the people who actually produce the physical goods and services have to come in and probably have less sick pay coverage. Clark Morris > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >Behalf Of Bill Johnson >Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:58 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? > >There is nothing that cant be done remotely nowadays and companies that frown >on or deny WAH are just living in the past or are poorly managed, or both. Im >actually way more productive at home than in the office. Plus, its a huge >upgrade to your quality of life and money saver. > > >Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > >On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 2:57 PM, R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> >wrote: > >W dniu 09.03.2020 o 02:15, Bobbie Justice pisze: >> I've worked from home through multiple z/OS upgrades, various cpu upgrades, >> dasd upgrades, and tape migrations from physical to virtual. >> >> For people with the proper discipline, I have yet to see a justifiable >> reason for being in the office. > >Well, I did many CPU upgrades from home, IPLs from home, system >installation from home and from hospital (I wasn't sick, not me), etc. etc. >However me and my team mates prefer to work from office. Yyes, home >office is good as an alternative, but not for everyday work. > >Of course prohibition for work from home just "because mama said so" is >just silly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
