Mrs. TAC works part time. Always had a sitter on days when she worked. Even when the kids were old enough to fend for themselves we would have someone come in for a few hours to get them out of the house.

 

The generosity of women...

 

...never mind. I've used that phrase so often on here that it's gotten stale.

I work from home everyday. Go visit some clients then back home working. I was in our office maybe 1 day in the last month actually working. I will stop in from time to time but typically only when I am picking something up or dropping something off.

 

I am far more productive at home, and LOVE IT!

Big news on the home front for me. Since I'm an empty nester and most communication is via email versus phone, I may be moving my office from a no windowed basement to a 2nd floor room with a window!!!

 

Fish don't fry in the kitchen;

Beans don't burn on the grill.

Took a whole lotta tryin',

Just to get up that hill.

Now we're up in the big leagues,

Gettin' our turn at bat.

As long as we live, it's you and me baby,

There ain't nothin wrong with that.

I found a way to extend your inactive mode. Instead of you going "inactive" after 5 minutes, you can set it for a long as you want.

...and my productivity just plummeted.

The generosity of women...

 

...never mind. I've used that phrase so often on here that it's gotten stale.

 

Don't hate me because I over married!

Fish don't fry in the kitchen;

Beans don't burn on the grill.

Took a whole lotta tryin',

Just to get up that hill.

Now we're up in the big leagues,

Gettin' our turn at bat.

As long as we live, it's you and me baby,

There ain't nothin wrong with that.

 

Am I too old to know this?

I have done it before and plan to do it again in the future. Working from home is a challenge, but I think its benefits outweigh commuting.

My home office is in Scottsdale and I am one of two people that manage accounts for our small company. So, my home office is here, but can be anywhere. In January/February it will be in Florida (Cocoa Beach) and Alabama (Orange Beach). They don't care the hours I work or what I am doing on a daily basis. However, I have to produce. In 4 years with this job, we have had 15 persons in my job-alike and all have been terminated.

 

Again, if I produce, no problems, if not, I retire for the last time. I do keep a calendar that my boss has access to. If I have a Dr's. appointment it goes on my calendar and I don't have to take time off. I also travel from Maine to Texas, so there are many weeks I leave on Sunday morning and return Saturday afternoon. I am just not bound by a clock. I either "Get 'er Done" or it's bye-bye.

 

So, I am productive at home, but not always at home during what people would say was 8-5. In fact, I had to do some personal things from 3-5 today and ate lunch while working and finished up some emails before dinner at 7:00. I love the flexibility.

When I was in Mortgage I worked from home a lot and it was nice. Since I have moved into Software sales it has been primarily in the office. I have done a couple online demos from home but since I am primarily inside sales and my customers are in GA, WA, OR, UT and NV I go into the office. I could do my job from home but to be honest I like the energy of being in the office, feeding off other sales guys. I did tell my boss that if we are producing there should be no reason why we can't work from home a day or two each week. He agreed but has to run it up the pole. Some companies are stuck in their ways I guess. The only thing that blows is the drive to Blue Ash. It is a good 25 min to catch up on sports talk radio or dial Up a buddy to chat. Not sure I could do everyday from home though.

I think it's funny that those who work from home cite flexibility as one of the biggest benefits, yet get frustrated when others ask for a favor during the day because of said flexibility.

I occasionally work from home and I could do so more often if I wanted - but I like working at the office better. When I work from home, I hook by government issued laptop up to a docking station, two external monitors, a keyboard, and a mouse and access the network via a VPN.

 

On weekends and most evenings, the VPN is almost as fast as working from my desk at work but it is noticeably slower on normal workdays when network traffic is heavier.

 

Eventually, I plan to live in the south where the cost of living is much, much, much lower than it is in Fairfax County and work from home, but that will require a switch of employers. One of the programmers on my project team just accepted a work from home job that will save him nearly four hours a day in commuting time and will be making about the same salary as he does now.

Am I too old to know this?

 

Dude. You don't recognize the Jeffersons theme song?! :ohbrother:

I work from home 365 days a year unless I go on vacation, then I work from the beach.

 

Maybe a little off topic but I get frustrated with people sometimes. They think because I work at home I don't really work and/or I should be able to do anything at anytime because I am home when in fact I have work to do.

 

If you call someone at their office, and they don't answer, you don't think twice about it ... you leave a message. But if you call someone working from home and they don't answer, you immediately get suspicious.

 

Unfair Double Standard.

When I was in Mortgage I worked from home a lot and it was nice. Since I have moved into Software sales it has been primarily in the office. I have done a couple online demos from home but since I am primarily inside sales and my customers are in GA, WA, OR, UT and NV I go into the office. I could do my job from home but to be honest I like the energy of being in the office, feeding off other sales guys. I did tell my boss that if we are producing there should be no reason why we can't work from home a day or two each week. He agreed but has to run it up the pole. Some companies are stuck in their ways I guess. The only thing that blows is the drive to Blue Ash. It is a good 25 min to catch up on sports talk radio or dial Up a buddy to chat. Not sure I could do everyday from home though.

 

I believe you and I may have worked together and not known it a couple years back at the fraction bank. I did not work from home often at all there because my processors took advantage of it far too much so I tried to "set an example." I transitioned to bankcard/retail and worked from home quite a bit and now am on a routine where I work 1-2 days a week at home and love it. I don't think I could do every day but I'd like to split time.

I occasionally work from home and I could do so more often if I wanted - but I like working at the office better. When I work from home, I hook by government issued laptop up to a docking station, two external monitors, a keyboard, and a mouse and access the network via a VPN.

 

On weekends and most evenings, the VPN is almost as fast as working from my desk at work but it is noticeably slower on normal workdays when network traffic is heavier.

 

Eventually, I plan to live in the south where the cost of living is much, much, much lower than it is in Fairfax County and work from home, but that will require a switch of employers. One of the programmers on my project team just accepted a work from home job that will save him nearly four hours a day in commuting time and will be making about the same salary as he does now.

 

Do you work in DC/VA?