So who here telecommutes 100% (or near 100%) for work?

[Phokus]

Tell us a little about what you do and if you like telecommuting! And when i say telecommuting, i mean working from home (not working at a remote site or a customer site).

I'm thinking of taking a telecommuting position in my company (or looking elsewhere for telecommuting opportunities)...

 

[KillerCharlie]

Beware - your chances for promotion are practically nil if you telecommute. Face time = good.

 

[LordMaul]

I download pictures/files from an FTP site uploaded by my clients, work on them, then upload the finished products. Never have to leave my home workstation, everything is done as freelance work. If that counts as telecommuting, then 100%. 😀

Edit: And it rules...except for the part about forcing yourself to work in a home setting. It's very easy to fall behind if you're a procrastinator.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
Beware - your chances for promotion are practically nil if you telecommute. Face time = good.

Hmm, probably depends on the company though... at my company, they turned the whole sales force into telecommuters. There are telecommuting managers too.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

I have a homeoffice. I go out to inspect properties and gather information on sold homes, then write reports at home. Most of my orders come by FAX or internet. We have four local banks in this small redneck, whitebread town and four good old boy appraisers that go out to the bars on Friday night with each of the bank presidents for "face time". I'm not in to all that @ss kissing sh!t.

 

[Eos]

2 days at home, 2 days at the office. So, 50%.

I will never be promoted. There are no promotions in this company.

 

[compman25]

My wife is a systems admin for a company in CA, we now live in WA. She only goes to their offices once a quarter and does all her work from home.

 

[SearchMaster]

I did it for years, as a software developer. I enjoyed it for the most part but I'm not sure I could do it full-time now. I missed the social interaction of the office setting.

 

[sixone]

I've been doing it for almost nine years now. If you're a procrastinator, or easily distracted, you may find yourself not working as hard as you ought to. OTOH, you might get more work done without people stopping at your desk several times a day.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: sixone
I've been doing it for almost nine years now. If you're a procrastinator, or easily distracted, you may find yourself not working as hard as you ought to. OTOH, you might get more work done without people stopping at your desk several times a day.

If I telecommuted, I'd spend the 2 hours I currently use for commuting on procrastinating, and break even.

 

[Phokus]

bump!