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Telecommuting Can Be Bad For Those Who Don't
SirLurksAlot writes "An article up on Ars Technica reports on a study of telecommuting from the point of view of those who show up at the office every day. The study discovered that telecommuting can have adverse effects on the office-bound. Researcher Timothy Golden 'found that in-office employees took less satisfaction in their jobs and felt less of a relationship and obligation to their company as the number of telecommuting coworkers grew. In-office employees in his study became disappointed at having fewer and weaker relationships. They also got frustrated at a perceived increase in workload and difficulties that telecommuting can present to finishing projects and building strong working relationships.'" The article notes that telecommuting is "not an exact science." Some good insights in the discussion forum too.
Can an admin delete the ac troll?
All glory to the Hypnotoad!
Imagine how people will feel when they find out half of their "co-workers" are just shell scripts.
THL phish sticks
Hey, there's social rules and peer-pressure to consider. This is Slashdot, man; and here you're suggesting I could RTFA..? I'd be a laughing stock... ;)
Tough shit unless you want to drive me to work. :-P
You don't work with contractors a lot, do you?
First they commit their code, then you pay them.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
The bad news for Omni Mega Hypercorp is that people like you with great work ethics don't have kids. I on the other hand am shiftless but fruitful, and my lazy offspring are going to micromanage you all the way to your grave.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Perceptive. I am 30, have no children, want no children and tend to only have relationships with women who agree.
Erm. Agree not to want children, that is. Not agree to the relationship.
Uh. Well, they agree to the relationship, too, obviously.
Yeah, mod me +5 creepy.
First they commit their code, then you pay them.
In America, first you write the code, then you get the money, then you get the women!
"And then I visited Wikipedia
I have never understood the sense behind the insult "mouth-breather", which seems to have gained quite a lot of undue traction. Is it considered less uncouth to spray dried nuggets of mucous at your conversational partners than to breath filthy mouth air at them? For that matter, why is mouth air considered less savory than nose air? In which orifice would you rather put your tongue (positing third-party orifices, of course)?
Frankly, if the incessant chattering of humankind was occasionally interrupted by a few deep breaths through the mouth, the world would be a better place.
In America, first you write the code, then you get the money, then you get the women!
Don't be silly. Geeks don't get women!
I'm old enough to remember when discussions on Slashdot were well informed.
Why is creepy a positive mod?
I have discovered a truly remarkable sig which this post is too small to contain.