Why would you get paid extra to work at home? On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:07 AM, <djones...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's also justification to make people work at home for no extra money. > > .02c > > Davy > > "When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." I feel > much the same way about xml > ------------------------------ > *From: * David Kean <david.k...@microsoft.com> > *Sender: * ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com > *Date: *Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:05:22 +0000 > *To: *ozDotNet<ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *ReplyTo: * ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject: *RE: [OT] BYO Computer @ Suncorp > > Sounds like a justification for spending less money on work machines. I’m > failing to see why this is a good thing. > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Grant Molloy > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:21 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] BYO Computer @ Suncorp > > > > The ideas good, but I wouldn't want to take a home pc to work and leave it > there, laptop maybe... > > Good on suncorp for trying something different.. > > The company I work for gave me a Quad Core with 8gb Ram, and then put the > standard SOE (XP 32 Bit) on it, in which I have to run a VM to do the dev > work.. > > > > All ass about as far as I'm concerned.. > > They've got the cash to put out for the box, something stupid like $8k > through their "supplier", but won't give me the environment to make my life > easier.. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Stephen Price <step...@littlevoices.com> > wrote: > > I've always thought that if your team are not coming into work complaining > about how crap their home computer is compared to their work PC then you're > not looking after your developers. I'm currently working from home Tuesdays > and Thursdays (the boss thinks productivity is higher if you go dark, which > I think has some merit). 30" monitor and 27.5" montior at home. 2 x 24" at > work. Got a newer desktop at work than home... I did have to buy myself an > SSD drive for my home PC to try to keep up with my work PC. :D > > Pertty cool idea people being able to bring their own machines to work. > Downsides I can see, more people using laptops (possibly more future cases > of workers comp from hunching over a laptop rather than eye level monitor?) > and putting the responsibility of your hardware back on the worker. No car > == no job, may become no laptop == no job. > > > > Should help cut down situations where people are using 8 year old laptops > to try to do their job. Man what a way to abuse your staff. unless they are > contractors of course... (no no, it's ok. I'll take the 1Gb ram machine. ) > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Simon Haigh <smha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not as exciting as it sounds. Definately not going to be be a open slather > policy about bringing your favourite device to work and plugging it into the > network. From what I've heard, all access to the company network will be > through the Citrix portal. > > Still it might be the justification I need to buy a new high powered laptop > and push a little harder to be able to telecommute. :-) > > Simon > > > > On 29/03/2011 7:11 PM, Paul Stovell wrote: > > I think this is pretty exciting: > > > > The BYO (bring your own) device program at one of Australia's largest > insurers means staff will be able to break free from the shackles of their > company-issued PCs and plug in their personal laptops, tablets and > smartphones into the enterprise network. > > > > "We can supply you with desktops here, but if people want to bring in their > Macs or other devices, then that's their choice. People should use the > device they feel the most productive in. > > > > "It is part of Suncorp's fundamental strategy to attract, develop and > retain top talent and to give them a great place to work, and try to inspire > them to do great things." Mr Smith said Suncorp's goal was not to have > infrastructure be a constraint to people's innovation and ingenuity. > > > > From The Australian: > > > > > http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/suncorp-goes-byo-in-hardware-as-staff-are-encouraged-to-plug-in-their-devices/story-e6frgakx-1226029655986 > > > > > > > > > -- w: http://jcooney.net t: @josephcooney
