Well, that's not always true. There's a couple major reasons that some
companies frown on telecommuting:
1) From HR's perspective, believe me, if you do it for one person, you
have to let EVERYONE telecommute at least a portion of the time. This
is of course an enormous headache and too many people have ruined it by
not legitimiately working from home. Once the floodgates open,
productivity plummets. If you can get away with some doing it and
others not (without complaining to mgt or HR) then go for it.
2) Like I told Pete, what seems like a position that lends itself well
to telecommmuting (Web Development), in certain environments like ours,
it is far too collaborative. Our position would have this person
meeting cross functionally w/ Marketing and too many other groups so
having that person here on site lends far more value.
While people assume companies want to restrict telecommuting simply to
keep tabs or be difficult is not really fair. There are sound
business reasons for requiring on-site work, at least for full-timers.
-Original Message-
From: RobG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:40 AM
To: CF-Jobs-Talk
Subject: Re: Where are the Los Angeles Developers?
Companies want local people because their management can't get it
through their heads that working remotely can be productive. These
companies have to be able to keep tabs on what their people are doing.
They don't believe in giving people the freedom to do what needs to be
done, as long as the work gets done on time.
I recently worked remotely for a company in San Diego while I was in
Montana. I was there for seven months, the pay rate was extremely low
(but there is NO CF work in Montana -- and how I ended up there is
another story entirely), and then after seven months they inform me that
they're cutting their remote developers to outsource them to CHINA
because for what (little) they were paying me, they could have a TEAM of
people. Talk about cutthroat. It nearly left my wife and I stranded up
there; we pulled out all the stops, spent every last dime we had, and
moved back to Reno (where my wife's family is) because at least there is
work here, though not necessarily CF work.
Since then I've picked up one remote gig out of the east coast that is
part-time, and a local one working with a design firm that needed a
programmer. It's still not as much work as I'd like, but at least it's
work.
CF work is definitely scarce. I want to get into Java and some other
technologies, but haven't really figured out how to make the move yet.
Rob
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