Comments on: I’ve Been Memed http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ive-been-memed-28/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:16:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: There’s going to be a tagging!!! http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ive-been-memed-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3564 There’s going to be a tagging!!! Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:34:22 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/ive-been-memed/#comment-3564 [...] been tagged by Tracee Sioux of our sister b5media blog, BlogFabulous. It’s a “seven random things [...] [...] been tagged by Tracee Sioux of our sister b5media blog, BlogFabulous. It’s a “seven random things [...]

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ive-been-memed-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3548 Mark Evans Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:11:12 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/ive-been-memed/#comment-3548 <p>Well, no one has ever accused newsrooms of being progressive. :)</p> Well, no one has ever accused newsrooms of being progressive. :)

]]> By: Tracee http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ive-been-memed-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3682 Tracee Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/ive-been-memed/#comment-3682 Mark, I always found it ironic that I would be writing crap about how "virtual work arrangements" were catching on - while I was forced to be at the office to write it. The last straw for me was attempting to email the editor my story at about 11 pm after a night city council meeting (after I'd already put in more than 8 hours physically in the newsroom writing). She was pissed that I had gone home to write it and emailed it in rather than come back to the newsroom. What the hell? I haven't seen my kid since I dropped her off at daycare this morning and you MUST have me in an empty newsroom to write a story about some pot holes? I guess I'm still pissed about it. It's just so corporate BS! Virtual job and working from home just seems like a whole lot of empty lip in my experience. Writers and reporters should be the prime example of flexible working arrangements as we're out interviewing all the time rather than in the office anyway. However, I found all of my editors completely unreceptive to the idea. Tracee Mark,

I always found it ironic that I would be writing crap about how “virtual work arrangements” were catching on – while I was forced to be at the office to write it.

The last straw for me was attempting to email the editor my story at about 11 pm after a night city council meeting (after I’d already put in more than 8 hours physically in the newsroom writing). She was pissed that I had gone home to write it and emailed it in rather than come back to the newsroom.

What the hell? I haven’t seen my kid since I dropped her off at daycare this morning and you MUST have me in an empty newsroom to write a story about some pot holes?

I guess I’m still pissed about it. It’s just so corporate BS! Virtual job and working from home just seems like a whole lot of empty lip in my experience. Writers and reporters should be the prime example of flexible working arrangements as we’re out interviewing all the time rather than in the office anyway. However, I found all of my editors completely unreceptive to the idea.

Tracee

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ive-been-memed-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3401 Mark Evans Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:43:10 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/ive-been-memed/#comment-3401 Glad to see you're enjoying your working from home gig so much! When I was a journalist, I always found it puzzling why my editors were against the idea of working from home given I had all the tools (phone, Internet access, computer, etc.) to do the job. No wonder newspapers are struggling to stay vibrant! Glad to see you’re enjoying your working from home gig so much! When I was a journalist, I always found it puzzling why my editors were against the idea of working from home given I had all the tools (phone, Internet access, computer, etc.) to do the job. No wonder newspapers are struggling to stay vibrant!

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