What are your thoughts on telecommuting?
Happy Friday, Pimp Your Work readers! Here’s our discussion for the week:
What are your thoughts on telecommuting? Do you telecommute? If not, do you want to? Is telecommuting going to be harmful to one’s career, since he/she isn’t visible in the office? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting?
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I would so love to telecommute more for my day-job. Because I, as a creative type, can just think so much better when I don’t have all the office buzz around me or people walking up to me to ask me a question—I prefer communication by email or IM.
There would be far fewer distractions at home, a much more comfortable environment (no fluorescent lights and I can dress casual), and I can listen to podcasts or music without annoying head/earphones.
The disadvantages would be maintaining the discipline to do what I should be doing and when I should be doing it, it turns the home into a workplace (a dedicated room would help for this), and I think there would be a strong temptation to snack all day long and thus grow fat.
Great points D.Joseph :) I agree that a dedicated working room would help – I became much more productive when I converted one of my rooms into an office, as opposed to a small corner in my bedroom.