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Work No Longer a Place but an Activity
r.future writes "A story that I found over on MobileBeta that talks about how now technology such as broadband, and WiFi are becoming more and more common place. People can (and I believe may one day be required) to work at home. Here's a small clip from the story: 'According to a recent AT&T survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), 80% of companies worldwide expect to have employees who telework by 2005, up from 54% in 2003. The International Telework Association & Council (ITAC) recently reported the number of home-based teleworkers in the US grew 63.2% between 1999 and 2003.'"
how much work I'd actually get done at home. I bet many people would get more stuff done, but my ps2 being in such close proximity to my work station may cause more trouble than its worth.
East Coast Brewers
telework solves the outsourcing problem
because I could be at home in Redmond, working
for a company in India, subcontracted by
a company in Redmond!
end of worries.
It's a quote I first heard at school a decade ago.
"Hell is not a place, but a state of mind."
From
Honey, I'm home!
To
Honey, I'm done with my activity!
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
From personal experience, the biggest drawback is not being able meet other single eligible coworkers. After all many average and below average folk have met there spouses through work. *sigh
Days off? What is this you speak of?
People couldn't type. We realized: Death would eventually take care of this.
I find it very amusing that all these people who say they are more productive working at home, are wasting time reading and posting on Slashdot! That can't be very productive.
The only thing that is yours, is your soul; everything else is borrowed.
They call it telework because you spend so much time in front of the telly?
"I telework on a reclining chair with a beer in one hand?"
I wonder if NBC will have a "teleworking" primetime.
I'm sure I've come across the surname 'Hacker' as well. Wonder if it means the same thing today though...
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
If you're doing WORK (at home) how come you're posting on slashdot?!
- "They misunderestimated me."
Breakfast is really vital when you work from home, because it helps relax you for the day so you are not distracted.
I believe the final panel was this:
PHB: "You mean you'd stay at home and we'd just send you checks?"
Dogbert: "Actually, I was hoping for direct deposit" (little dogbert tail-wag...)
Something you and I don't have anymore.
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it!