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In reply to the discussion: Female Yahoo! CEO Kills Work from Home Option? Why Americans Need a More Flexible Workplace [View all]CTyankee
(63,912 posts)13. well, before home computers it was get to work under unsafe weather/road conditions or
take a vacation day or, eventually, have the company declare a "snow day" with pay. There are pluses and minuses to both arrangements.
Working at home isn't possible if you are caring for lots of people at home. You can't do two things at once. You have to have reliable child care/elder care or it is just not possible. Or you end up working late into the night and even then you may have to communicate with someone right then and it's midnight so...
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Female Yahoo! CEO Kills Work from Home Option? Why Americans Need a More Flexible Workplace [View all]
xchrom
Feb 2013
OP
You clear out the dead wood by identifying the individual piece and removing it,
Lurks Often
Feb 2013
#45
well, before home computers it was get to work under unsafe weather/road conditions or
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#13
As a metric, productivity is very easy to gauge, regardless of my physical location.
mikeytherat
Feb 2013
#22
Just the opposite for me. I have nothing but distractions while I'm in the office.
Dawgs
Feb 2013
#24