Working at home is fine if the company is well-run enough to be able to determine what they need done and assign a value to it. If they are incompetent and lack direction, the best they can do is guess at how many people they need, pay them by the hour and then micromanage them.
Yes, there are some jobs that need to be hourly. But, again, competent management should be able to distinguish which ones they are.
Workers should be evaluated for what they produce and improve, not for where they work. I’ve worked out of my home for over a decade, have made a good living and earned increasingly more difficult and responsible projects and gotten paid well for it.
My employers and clients are relieved of the expenses and overhead associated with another cubicle, phone, toilet paper, air conditioning, etc.
If you really are professional about your work, you can work from anywhere. The time I’ve saved commuting I give to my employer. I give them at least 50 hours a week, and I’ve stayed with them a while simply because I can work at home.
Rickapolis about 11 years ago
Working at home is a scam. Always has been. Not that I wouldn’t have loved t do it when I was working.
Michael Peterson Premium Member about 11 years ago
Working at home is fine if the company is well-run enough to be able to determine what they need done and assign a value to it. If they are incompetent and lack direction, the best they can do is guess at how many people they need, pay them by the hour and then micromanage them.
Yes, there are some jobs that need to be hourly. But, again, competent management should be able to distinguish which ones they are.
Chillbilly about 11 years ago
It’s not a scam.
Workers should be evaluated for what they produce and improve, not for where they work. I’ve worked out of my home for over a decade, have made a good living and earned increasingly more difficult and responsible projects and gotten paid well for it.
My employers and clients are relieved of the expenses and overhead associated with another cubicle, phone, toilet paper, air conditioning, etc.
SaltWaterCroc about 11 years ago
If you really are professional about your work, you can work from anywhere. The time I’ve saved commuting I give to my employer. I give them at least 50 hours a week, and I’ve stayed with them a while simply because I can work at home.
pirate227 about 11 years ago
Working from home works just fine if you have well defined tasks and self-discipline.