Thirty-four years ago I taught my Federal customers (MVT sysprogs) that
there were three things I could not do once I had proper communications.
1) I could not mount tapes
2) I could not tear paper off the printers
3) I could not press the Power button
Now we no longer have mainframe attached tape drives. We no longer have
mainframe attached printers.
And with the improved communications, I CAN power the system up and down.
Managers want me at a desk in a office so they can feel they have some
power over my work. None of them could do my work if they tried.
/Tom Kern
On 08/21/2019 17:15, David Spiegel wrote:
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
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Charles Mills
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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
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