Despite what Melissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, seems to think of late,
many modern companies allow employees to work from home at least part
of the time. Some companies are even flexible enough to allow employees
to work full time from home.
Working from home is not for everyone. It takes discipline and organization. You need to be able to stay focused with more distractions and temptations than you’ll find in a traditional workplace. But for the right job, and the right person, working from home can be the right choice. It can be a winning situation for the company as well. Teleworkers are often more productive, happier with their jobs, and have a better work life balance than full time in office workers.
I’ve had the dreaded long commute, sitting in traffic for more than an hour each way, wasting time, going into the office every day. There are constant office distractions too—meetings, interruptions by annoying co-workers, idle water cooler chit chat. But all in all, I’ve been very lucky to work mostly from home about the past 7 years, full-time and part-time.
Working from home is not for everyone. It takes discipline and organization. You need to be able to stay focused with more distractions and temptations than you’ll find in a traditional workplace. But for the right job, and the right person, working from home can be the right choice. It can be a winning situation for the company as well. Teleworkers are often more productive, happier with their jobs, and have a better work life balance than full time in office workers.
I’ve had the dreaded long commute, sitting in traffic for more than an hour each way, wasting time, going into the office every day. There are constant office distractions too—meetings, interruptions by annoying co-workers, idle water cooler chit chat. But all in all, I’ve been very lucky to work mostly from home about the past 7 years, full-time and part-time.
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