I liked this article from the Poststar in upstate New York. I’m from upstate New York and it is true that much of it is beautiful but remote and far from the heavy job centers of the state. Particulary in the Adirondack and Finger Lakes regions, which tend to be vacation destinations. The author states [...]
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A trend that is bothersome to me are jobs that are advertised as work for stay-at-home moms. Once you take a paid job, whether from home or not, you are no longer a stay-at-home mom. You are a mom that works from home and also cares for children. Or vice versa, however you want to [...]
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They are just so darn good at explaining things (or digging up the resources for explaining things). For instance, in this survey, courtesy of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Managment), they give us a brief and simple explanation between telecommuting, job sharing, flextime and seasonal scheduling. For example, ever heard of a results-only work environment? [...]
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My husband works for a network storage company and many of the employees are hardware engineers. These jobs involve a lot of time at a computer. A lot. Which makes the jobs pretty amenable to telecommuting, if not full time at least a few days per week. One employee who lives over the border in [...]
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I came across this blurb from the Boston Business Journal that states that Boston has the largest percentage of telecommuters in a large city. The study ”examined urban areas based on such factors as the percentage of workers who say their jobs can be done from outside the office, and the percentage of companies with formal work-from-home [...]
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I came across this post“10 Green Home Office Resources” from a nice site called Unplggd (yes, that’s how the site is spelled). Their tag is “smarter homes, fewer wires”. Who wouldn’t love that? This list compiles some green items for your home office. Only problem, at least for me, is that I’d be hard pressed to pay $120 [...]
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My poor little one has had a fever for three days. The doctor will tell us today if it is those two-year molars finally peeking through his gums or something else. I’m glad I get to take him to the doctor myself but having a sick kid at home sure puts a cramp in my [...]
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Working from home is great on snowy, wintry days. I don’t need to need to dig out the driveway early in the morning, or climb into a frigid vehicle, or worry about how my giant snow boots look with a nice outfit. I just walk downstairs to my office with a cup of coffee and [...]
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I can barely stand it today. The absolute, at times, maddening, loneliness of working from home, by myself, day-after-every-other day. Most days I am happy to walk down to my office and savor the quiet. The kids are at preschool, husband is at the office, and not a sound can be heard apart from a [...]
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I came across this news blurb about a new form of telecommuting – telepresence. It is not likely to become mainstream anytime soon (I can only imagine the cost) but Willow Garage, a robot maker, keeps remote workers present by allowing a robot to glide around the office with the employee’s virtual face attached. I [...]
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