Re: OT: Working from home

From: mohammed bhatti <mkb125_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:53:34 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003289B0.20010613145001@fatcity.com>

Yep, allowed to work from home, but prefer working at the office.

Accountability
We have mutual trust between management and techies. I've got a pager and am on call 24x7. Work that has been assigned to us gets done and as long as it's done we're ok. We try extra hard not to break this trust because working from home is a privilege so it turns out that when I do work from home, I end up working extra hours and seems to me extra hard.

Communication
I have a seperate line so that I can telnet to our servers. A cell phone and pager by my side so that I am always available and email. For meetings, we can conference in. If I need to attend a meeting, I'll come into the office. Company has also offered DSL lines.

Unforseen Circumstances
None so far

Benefits
I believe it increases productivity since I work harder at home simply because I don't want the privilege revoked. I don't abuse the system. Again, it's a reponsibility thing. You'll find some folk who'll abuse the system so you'll have to pick people you (management) can trust. Biggest benefit I can see is to the company. Have a benefit like this available makes one want to stay i.e. easier to keep people from leaving.

I think if you've got management that is open to new ideas and trusting of employees this will work. Other benefits to company include obvious stuff like reduce office space etc.

Just my opinions.

• "Willett, Mark" <mwillett_at_sunnen.com> wrote:
  > Hi All,
  >
  > I have a few off-topic questions for those of you
  > who are allowed to work
  > from home either occasionally or on a regular basis.
  > My department is
  > putting a proposal together to present to management
  > and we're looking for
  > any information you could provide. How did you
  > handle accountability? How
  > did you handle communication between work and home?
  > What were some of the
  > unforeseen problems that you encountered? Were
  > there any specific company
  > benefits? (This appears to be more a benefit to the
  > employee than to the
  > company.) Thanks to all who can reply.
  >
  > Mark
  >
  >
  > Production: In Progress:
  > Oracle 7.3.4.4 Oracle 8i
  > Oracle Apps (Fin/Mfg) 10.7SC Oracle Apps (Fin/Mfg)
  > 11.5.3
  > Sun Solaris 2.6 Sun Solaris 8 (2.8)
  >
  >
  > Mark Willett
  > Corporate Database Administrator
  > ---------------------------------
  > Sunnen Products Company
  > 7910 Manchester Ave
  > Maplewood, Missouri 63143 USA
  > Voice: 314.781.2100 x2429
  > Fax: 314.951.2749
  > E-mail: mwillett_at_sunnen.com
  >
  

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