Staff generally dont like working from home because they fear that if they can work from home, could not someone else in India work from home INSTEAD at say 10% wages ?
Office staff feel that home working is prelude to outsourcing and redundancy.
Managers generally dont like working from home because being seen to be at work is a large part of many jobs, those working from home are perceived as being sidelined and next for redundancy.
Managers generaly dont like their staff working from home because they cant bully the male ones and court the female ones, and anyone working from home is considered to be "not really working"
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That may all be true, Adam, but it is still a load of bollox and someone needs to show where we SHOULD be going.adam2 wrote:Staff generally dont like working from home because they fear that if they can work from home, could not someone else in India work from home INSTEAD at say 10% wages ?
Office staff feel that home working is prelude to outsourcing and redundancy.
Managers generally dont like working from home because being seen to be at work is a large part of many jobs, those working from home are perceived as being sidelined and next for redundancy.
Managers generaly dont like their staff working from home because they cant bully the male ones and court the female ones, and anyone working from home is considered to be "not really working"
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Some jobs could be transferred to home; I've tried it but my work is so mixed up with customers and machinery (typesetting, designing and pre-press) that very little would be suitable.
Having said that, I spend four extremely long, hot June days (including a bank holiday) at home transcribing a music book, so I obviously need to get more work like that. Not.
Having said that, I spend four extremely long, hot June days (including a bank holiday) at home transcribing a music book, so I obviously need to get more work like that. Not.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
Its a fair point.kenneal wrote:Why does everyone have to go to the office every day? We've all got internet connected computers at home and internet connected computers at the office so why not send our brains along all those little wires some days of the week instead of incarcerating then in a metal box for a few hours each day?
It would save companies a fortune in office rental and servicing costs. It would save employees a fortune in travel costs. It would save the country a fortune in road building and maintenance costs.
Perhaps the government should tax businesses on 50% of their office space unless they only have office space for 50% of their staff. That might encourage managers to trust their staff to work from home a bit more. You can doss at work as easily as at home so what's the difference. The manager knows what work load to expect, or should do, so whether that work is done at home or at the office, who cares in the end.
Says he, sitting in his office at home. I'm off out into the sun now to do some potting on for a while. I'll do some work later this evening.
Some of us, do, however, still work in factories.
I've always needed to be able to get to the shop floor to assess problems.
The fact that I've had to work in 3 places in the last 10 years means I'm not moving next door to the factory.
I think job insecurity is more to blame.
I know a lot of people who live somewhere near to their original work years ago, but commute and do not move so their kids are in good schools. have good friends nearby, and anyway may have to move jobs in a few years.
Kenneal
I dont disagree, I could work from home four days a week and my department could all be in on a wednesday to catch up.
But, my employer does disagree with you.
Although my department could work from home, the same doesnt apply to everyone else in my building, let alone my company.
There are a considerable number of people who actualy have to be at work, be they clerical staff who open post or design staff who need access to specialist equipment.
Adam certainly makes good points, If 5 of us can do it from home 4 days a week, then 1 of us can do it in the office 5 days a week and 4 jobs can be done from India.
My Team all work within yards of each other, but we still have a day a month where we book a meeting room and have a catch up on how things are going.
Ralph W
Well, thats only cars without passengers, which cuts the school run out straight away, which is going to be a similar number of cars.
But even if we say that Peak usage is around 50%, its going to be a logistical nightmare to operate.
I dont disagree, I could work from home four days a week and my department could all be in on a wednesday to catch up.
But, my employer does disagree with you.
Although my department could work from home, the same doesnt apply to everyone else in my building, let alone my company.
There are a considerable number of people who actualy have to be at work, be they clerical staff who open post or design staff who need access to specialist equipment.
Adam certainly makes good points, If 5 of us can do it from home 4 days a week, then 1 of us can do it in the office 5 days a week and 4 jobs can be done from India.
My Team all work within yards of each other, but we still have a day a month where we book a meeting room and have a catch up on how things are going.
Ralph W
Well, thats only cars without passengers, which cuts the school run out straight away, which is going to be a similar number of cars.
But even if we say that Peak usage is around 50%, its going to be a logistical nightmare to operate.
I'm a realist, not a hippie
Interesting comparison between different makes of this old fashioned electric car idea 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwEXaHTwsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwEXaHTwsY