Working at Home Isn’t A Day At The Beach
Many people seem to think that jobs that can be done at home aren’t real jobs. Never mind that home-office dwellers are their own cafeteria staff, shipping-and-receiving clerks and janitors. They never get credit for cutting an employer’s costs, or saving commuting time to do more work. Instead, managers believe that if they aren’t there to witness someone working, it can’t be happening. They envision homebound workers getting away with something, like lounging in their bathrobes and watching “General Hospital.”It’s as if they believe that the people working under their noses don’t waste a tremendous amount of time talking about last night’s college basketball game, making bids on eBay, or reading only like-minded blogs while on company time. The misconceptions are yet another indication that vacuous symbols of productivity, rather than productivity itself, are all that really count.
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trendoffice on December 21st, 2005 12:10 am
So well said! And things are even more difficult if one is a free-lancer!
J Wynia on December 21st, 2005 4:53 am
What’s always struck me funny (in a sad way) is how the very same companies that are most paranoid to let someone work from home are the ones making the jump to offshore outsourcing. Somehow having someone in their house, 5 miles away, able to come in for a meeting if necessary doesn’t work, but having someone 12 timezones away does.
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