I work from home about 3 days a week (perl coding for e-commerce/marketing firm), but find that I get just about as much done if I can't find the right 'groove' and get focused. If I do get focused, however, I get tons done. I find that the people in my office are a bit too distracting ("Hey, could you come fix my NT box?" - umm, no.) Unfortunately, I seem to get focused when I'm a little behind and end up catching up on the weekend. I don't think it would work so well, if at all, with an hourly position, you'd have to be salaried or have a really good way of tracking time.
All in all, it is very very nice to not have to go "all the way" downtown from out here in the not-so-bustling suburbs. I hate having to use 11 hours a day to work for 8 (1.5 hour commute each way is worst case, and it's only ~20 miles). Even when I do, I can always stay for as long as necessary and then put in the rest from home.
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I work from home about 3 days a week (perl coding for e-commerce/marketing firm), but find that I get just about as much done if I can't find the right 'groove' and get focused. If I do get focused, however, I get tons done. I find that the people in my office are a bit too distracting ("Hey, could you come fix my NT box?" - umm, no.) Unfortunately, I seem to get focused when I'm a little behind and end up catching up on the weekend. I don't think it would work so well, if at all, with an hourly position, you'd have to be salaried or have a really good way of tracking time.
All in all, it is very very nice to not have to go "all the way" downtown from out here in the not-so-bustling suburbs. I hate having to use 11 hours a day to work for 8 (1.5 hour commute each way is worst case, and it's only ~20 miles). Even when I do, I can always stay for as long as necessary and then put in the rest from home.