Yahoo steps back into the dark ages w/ ban on telecommuting

RazorX said:
She must have been on the rag when she decided to fuck everyone over.
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I don't know why everyone has their tampon string in a knot. Da bitch be doin straight up what's right fo her bidness. If people don't like it they can go to google.

Call Planned Parenthood because this is obviously an assault on reproductive rights
 
Darla said:
When I was doing my own thing, I started out doing it from home. FIrst of all, I went nuts. I hated it. I am the type who needs to get up early, put on something nice to wear, and hit the office. I like being around people. Then I found that i got really lazy. I ended up going to my brother's office building and working from there three days a week. That's how I ended up doing what I'm doing now. It started out as me just needing to get out of the house. But I do totally accept that everyone is different and many people may find they get more done at home. (I also ate more, and that got my ass out of the house fast I can tell you that!)
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This is proof that work release programs can be successful.
 
Thing1 said:
I do think it's the future, for a lot of reasons. There are so many collaborative tools now that working from home doesn't need to be an isolating experience. They have also done a few studies that show that it actually increases productivity, as well.

Naturally, there are some workers who take advantage and just sleep in & go to the movies, but that's pretty easy to identify in a pretty short timeframe. Most people who telecommute end up working more (like those hours that they were previously wasting on commutes), and also get more done due to fewer interruptions.

I get Yahoo's logic w/ certain creative jobs - there is something to be gained from just random conversations had at work - but ultimately, there are much greater cost-savings in a remote workforce.
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Why is telecommuting still controversial?

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Why-is-telecommuting-still-controversial-4311344.php
 
cawacko said:
Why is telecommuting still controversial?

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Why-is-telecommuting-still-controversial-4311344.php
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Good article; I've read a bunch of 'em in the past few days. The security concern is somewhat unfounded with VPN's & other technology.

I do agree that it's case-by-case, and really depends on the job. Not everyone can or should work from home. As the article says, someone in a job like customer service - where they are only on the phone & looking at their computer - is a natural for being home based.

For anyone around a major city who has to commute for an hour or more, it's basically a miracle. Not only can you devote some or most of that commuting time to actually getting things done, but it's great for morale, and can go a long way toward preventing burnout.
 
Thing1 said:
Good article; I've read a bunch of 'em in the past few days. The security concern is somewhat unfounded with VPN's & other technology.

I do agree that it's case-by-case, and really depends on the job. Not everyone can or should work from home. As the article says, someone in a job like customer service - where they are only on the phone & looking at their computer - is a natural for being home based.

For anyone around a major city who has to commute for an hour or more, it's basically a miracle. Not only can you devote some or most of that commuting time to actually getting things done, but it's great for morale, and can go a long way toward preventing burnout.
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That's true. My commute is literally under ten minutes and has been for years now. Even five years ago, it was twenty minutes. I gave up those hour and longer commutes about 7 years ago and refuse to go back. Those are horrible. They just suck the life out of you. Recently when I moved, I wouldn't even consider anything outside of a certain radius. I used to live 10 minutes north of where i work, now I live 10 minutes south. LOL Definitely spoiled that way.
 
Darla said:
That's true. My commute is literally under ten minutes and has been for years now. Even five years ago, it was twenty minutes. I gave up those hour and longer commutes about 7 years ago and refuse to go back. Those are horrible. They just suck the life out of you. Recently when I moved, I wouldn't even consider anything outside of a certain radius. I used to live 10 minutes north of where i work, now I live 10 minutes south. LOL Definitely spoiled that way.
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Totally agree - I've had my share of 1+ hour commutes, and you end up just drained at the end of the week. Like you, there's no way I'm going back.

I saw this thing on commuters in Atlanta once - it was a Datelline piece, or one of those shows. For whatever reason, there are an inordinate # of workers there who have 2.5 - 3 hour commutes, and they only really see their families on weekends. They were saying stuff like "you have to make peace w/ the commute". It was just horrible to watch.
 
Thing1 said:
Totally agree - I've had my share of 1+ hour commutes, and you end up just drained at the end of the week. Like you, there's no way I'm going back.

I saw this thing on commuters in Atlanta once - it was a Datelline piece, or one of those shows. For whatever reason, there are an inordinate # of workers there who have 2.5 - 3 hour commutes, and they only really see their families on weekends. They were saying stuff like "you have to make peace w/ the commute". It was just horrible to watch.
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My commute is currently 53 miles each way. Sucks *ss. It's why I go to the office only one or two times a week.

From a timing perspective what's interesting (to me at least) are people who live in San Francisco (I'm sure it's the same for most big cities) can have close to 45 minutes or longer commutes inside the city if they take public transportation. So a drive that may be only 20 minutes is over double that on the bus/train/subway. Of course one can argue if you get a seat on the bus/train/subway you can do some work or read which you can't do in your car (though you can make phone calls in your car). I'm not putting down public transportation by stating this but just pointing out another 'long commute' that doesn't involve driving.
 
My commute is about 40 minutes, 25 of which are on the train/subway and the rest is walking. If I drove it would take me at least an hour. I like the train, personally. I can check emails, read the paper, do the crossword or whatever. (You can make calls on the train, too -- if you're an asshole). Driving is a soul-crushing experience.

I used to walk 10 minutes to work and part of the deal with moving out to the burbs from the city was that I would not have to drive to work.
 
Dungheap said:
My commute is about 40 minutes, 25 of which are on the train/subway and the rest is walking. If I drove it would take me at least an hour. I like the train, personally. I can check emails, read the paper, do the crossword or whatever. (You can make calls on the train, too -- if you're an asshole). Driving is a soul-crushing experience.

I used to walk 10 minutes to work and part of the deal with moving out to the burbs from the city was that I would not have to drive to work.
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Don't you live somewhere near Boston? I don't know how you walk 15 minutes in the winter time. That is a miserable experience.
 
cawacko said:
Don't you live somewhere near Boston? I don't know how you walk 15 minutes in the winter time. That is a miserable experience.
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It's broken up into 10 minute (on the front end) and 5 minute (on the back end) jaunts. Yes, it is miserable at times but I can usually scrounge a ride to and from the train and can eliminate the 5 minute jaunt by taking the subway.

As compared to traffic, it's a pleasure.
 
Dungheap said:
It's broken up into 10 minute (on the front end) and 5 minute (on the back end) jaunts. Yes, it is miserable at times but I can usually scrounge a ride to and from the train and can eliminate the 5 minute jaunt by taking the subway.

As compared to traffic, it's a pleasure.
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When I was in Boston in 2008 I was living at Comm & Mass Ave and working at the Prudential Building. I would get up at 5:30am and walk to work because the Pru Building had a gym I would use. The walk may have been only 10 to 15 minutes but it felt like hours. Basically being a California boy I thought I was going to die. I used to pass a woman selling newspapers on my walk. I remember trying to take off my glove to reach in my pants to get $0.50 and how freaking hard it was in that cold. I almost turned into a Masshole myself in a couple of months. I understand why now.
 
Darla said:
Do you think working from home is the way of the future? While reading about this I read that studies show people who work at home have higher productivity. I find that so hard to believe. The people who work here barely work in the office, I would love to see them working from home.
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I think many firms feel the way you do. Which is why they don't allow it or they limit how often it can be done. For me, there are far more distractions at work than at home. But I am single, no pets, no kids... so I can see that might not be the case for everyone. I think Dung is right (yes, I just typed those words)... this is being done to effectively fire those that they don't want to have to fire... by getting them to quit (likely out of necessity).
 
Darla said:
And Cawacko imagine how much fun we could have at superfreak's expense if he worked there too! I have some great pranks I have built up over the years for pricks like him (there is always one in every office). And you know he would horn in on the happy hours trying to be cool, but I've got something for that too. The laughs we could have.
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that would actually be cool... I love prank wars... it would be interesting to see what you could come up with.
 
Thing1 said:
Totally agree - I've had my share of 1+ hour commutes, and you end up just drained at the end of the week. Like you, there's no way I'm going back.

I saw this thing on commuters in Atlanta once - it was a Datelline piece, or one of those shows. For whatever reason, there are an inordinate # of workers there who have 2.5 - 3 hour commutes, and they only really see their families on weekends. They were saying stuff like "you have to make peace w/ the commute". It was just horrible to watch.
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yeah... no way I could do the long commute either. 10 minutes max most days (20 when a single flake of snow falls and people hit the bat shit crazy panic button).
 
Superfreak said:
I think many firms feel the way you do. Which is why they don't allow it or they limit how often it can be done. For me, there are far more distractions at work than at home. But I am single, no pets, no kids... so I can see that might not be the case for everyone. SI think Dung is right (yes, I just typed those words)... this is being done to effectively fire those that they don't want to have to fire... by getting them to quit (likely out of necessity).
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Why are you talking to me superfreak? Just yesterday you told Tom you don't like me. Don't you understand how confusing this is for Tom? Why won't you think of Tom superfreak? Why superfreak? Why? Why?
 
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