Hello David, What is gained by having people at the office would have to be answered by my boss who is the director of Infrastructure...I can tell you he is old school even though he is younger than me and has made the comment to us that he likes "Butts in seats". I/we think he is a control freak.
Thanks, Ron McCabe Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems Mutual of Enumclaw -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 2:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? Hi Ron, For SysProgs in particular, what is gained by having people "at the office"? I view this as old school, without justification. If project milestones are set properly, the employees will have to work consistently to meet them (and not goof off). If the managers think that they can see who's working, they are mistaken. I can see where development staff might have to work at the office if the environment is highly collaborative. (I worked on an online banking project (3 years ago) where this was necessary. Charles: I work at 3 jobs (not all busy at once), all remote. Regards, David On 2019-08-21 17:02, McCabe, Ron wrote: > If this is something that should not have been done on the list I apologize > but do have to admit that I would like to see what other companies are > allowing in this area. > > Yes our employer does allow for mainframe sysprogs and developers to work > from home. > There are restrictions and the main one is who your manager is. Our > developers have a nice manager and allows them to work from home 2 days a > week, our sysprogs have a different manager and he only allows 1 day per week. > No policies have been changed. > About 90% of my colleagues work from home. Our developers are also allowed > to work 9 80's and 4 10's, sysprogs and admins do not get to as they have to > work 5 days a week. > > Thanks, > Ron McCabe > Manager of Mainframe/Midrange Systems > Mutual of Enumclaw > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 1:46 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? > > I am doing a favor for a friend who is writing a blog article on the > above subject, with an emphasis on the effect of the shrinking > mainframe personnel pool. (This is NOT some disguised headhunter > pitch. Reply to the list or to me personally. I will take full > responsibility for "sanitizing" your e-mail address and so forth out > of what I forward to my friend.) > > Does your employer allow mainframe sysprogs and developers to work from home? > Any particular restrictions or qualifications? > Have they changed their policies specifically to address the shrinking > mainframe personnel pool? > Roughly what percentage of your colleagues work from home? > > Thanks! > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Confidentiality Notice: This e- mail and all attachments may contain > CONFIDENTIAL information and are meant solely for the intended recipient. It > may contain controlled, privileged, or proprietary information that is > protected under applicable law and shall not be disclosed to any unauthorized > third party. 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