There have been times that I’ll be talking to a friend about some frustration at work and inevitably a sardonic smile creeps across their face as if to say, “Oh yeah, you poor thing. It must suck to work at home.”
Yes, working at home has some really great benefits that I wouldn’t trade for the [...]
Going green is becoming a priority for a lot of companies. Companies everywhere are taking steps to be more green by using solar energy, reducing employee travel, instituting recycling programs and the like. These are all positive steps, but the companies that are really leading the charge are the ones that are taking more drastic [...]
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Can an economic downturn really be good for anyone? It can if it means more people will be able to telecommute as a result.
Mike Elgan of Computerworld says that companies are looking for ways to cut costs without hurting productivity, and that telecommuting is an efficient way of doing that.
Economic downturns, painful as [...]
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For many of us, telecommuting seems like the ideal situation. You wake up, shuffle over to your home office, work at your own pace. You take a break when it suits you, you end your day when you’re ready to. You can rearrange your work schedule to fit around your personal life.
Or can you?
What motivates [...]
I’ve been lucky enough to have worked for a company that allowed (and even required) us to telecommute from home one or two days a week. Thinking back on those circumstances compared to what I do now (working at home full time running a business) I noticed some big differences between what you can [...]
With the current economic climate, many companies are having to find creative ways to cut costs. Somecompanies are doing this by implementing virtual worker policies. Letting employees work from home or remotely saves on commuting expense, utilities and other office overhead, and even gains increased productivity from employees.
The government is getting on the [...]
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Whether running a business or telecommuting, working at home takes tremendous discipline, self-motivation and creative problem-solving skills. You don’t have co-workers or your supervisor down the hall, and often when problems arise you have to deal with them on your own.
So, what are some of the first steps you can take to find your way? Here are some exercises that you can do that can help to clarify your goals
Today I received an interesting case study on Ben Ballard’s law firm– an internet-based firm.
The Ballard Law Office is a San Francisco-based business litigation firm founded by Benjamin Ballard, a seasoned attorney who has practiced law since 1980.
Ballard’s areas of practice include commercial law and litigation, tort litigation, appeals, business counseling, and [...]
Back in August I wrote a post about Extreme Telecommuting and I introduced to you Anthony Page, The Working Nomad. He works from wherever his travels take him, which have been some very interesting places to work. As per his last blog post he’s now in Valencia, Spain.
He sells an eBook on his [...]
Looking for that ever-elusive work at home job? Telecommuting is becoming more popular among employers as they begin to realize the benefits that are in it for them.
Today, I came a cross a really terrific, comprehensive post about telecommuting. What they’re calling a “short guide (that) covers the facts, figures, benefits, and [...]
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