Many telecommuters found ways to stay connected after the storm. Those who couldn’t lost pay.When Hurricane Wilma blew the power out at Kelly List’s Coral Gables home, she realized she need to act fast. Like many who work from home, her income depended on it.
List, who edits direct mailers for a Dallas company from a home office, got creative. She cranked up her car, plugged an adapter into the cigarette lighter, and powered up her laptop, printer and fax. A long extention line on her home phone brought Internet access to her makeshift car office.
‘’The rest of the company in Dallas was not affected by the storm, and I knew if I couldn’t do the work, they would give it to someone else,’’ List says. “I laughed at myself for doing it, but it was my pay at risk.’’
via Work at Home.
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