I do agree that there is a higher level of responsibility required on the part
of the remote worker to be "available" during the normal working hours and to
be diligent about the work hours. Otherwise a perception may be developed
that you may be less than productive if you are not responding to
email/IM/phone calls in a similar fashion to "being in the office".
I for one would embrace the flexible work location with certain ground rules
set ahead of time for what things may require onsite, etc. As others have
mentioned, there really are very few technical reasons anymore why someone
needs to be onsite. One can waste time just as easily in the office as they
can at home.
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Dave Jousma
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We were able to work from home until last year. According to management's
explanation "productivity had deteriorated"Now, we all make the trek to the
office. A lot of people were caught in a bind because their homes were about
50 -70 miles away from the city center. Others had to scramble to find daycare
for their toddlers. An immense strain and hardship was exacted on us because
we now have to pay expensive transportation costs etc. But as we are reminded
by management to "count our blessings and we are lucky to have a job". Amen
!!!!!
On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 02:55:34 a.m. GMT-4, Ron Hawkins
<ron.hawk...@ipsicsopt.com> wrote:
Charles,
It may be a bit different for a test environment, but up until I left Hitachi
last year, I was the only MF person that split time between home and the office.
A year later, the MF itself has moved, and none of the testers works on site.
When I left they were located in both US states and another country. I am doing
some contract work for them n and split my time between Australia and
Philippines.
I liked to have our team to train and work face to face occasionally and had
regular fly-ins of the team for a week. California killed this off as they want
to declare you a tax resident if you spend more than 60 calendar days in the
state. Tell that to someone from Nevada.
RON HAWKINS
Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971)
m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585
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Subject: [IBM-MAIN] 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
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