Comments on: Want to Telecommute? Work for a Smaller Firm http://www.blisstree.com/articles/want-to-telecommute-work-for-a-smaller-firm-155/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:21:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cherie Burbach http://www.blisstree.com/articles/want-to-telecommute-work-for-a-smaller-firm-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92598 Cherie Burbach Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:30:28 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/want-to-telecommute-work-for-a-smaller-firm/#comment-92598 <b>G</b>: Thanks for sharing your experience. Wow - that description about the folks that pretended to work while they were at the salon, etc. is bad news. You're right, it wrecks it for all the legit telecommuters! G: Thanks for sharing your experience. Wow – that description about the folks that pretended to work while they were at the salon, etc. is bad news. You’re right, it wrecks it for all the legit telecommuters!

]]> By: G http://www.blisstree.com/articles/want-to-telecommute-work-for-a-smaller-firm-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92595 G Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:33:26 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/want-to-telecommute-work-for-a-smaller-firm/#comment-92595 There are about 250 in the company where I work. I telecommute for about 34 of my 40 hours each week and am in the office for about 6 hours. The business is family-owned and my boss and I worked out this arrangement when I was pregnant with my first child (who is now almost six). I began telecommuting after she was born. He has had other employees who've telecommuted during the summertime when childcare fell through and they had no other options for having someone watch their children. I've also telecommuted for a dot-com company for two years (as an independent contractor) - just about everyone telecommuted. We were all expected to be on a specific instant messenger service in order for our "manager" to communicate with us. I was shocked to find out that some of the ICs would login to the IM client via their cellphones while they were at the park, doing grocery shopping, going to the salon, etc....that kind of ruins it for everyone else and is why so many companies DON'T trust telecommuters! There are about 250 in the company where I work. I telecommute for about 34 of my 40 hours each week and am in the office for about 6 hours. The business is family-owned and my boss and I worked out this arrangement when I was pregnant with my first child (who is now almost six). I began telecommuting after she was born. He has had other employees who’ve telecommuted during the summertime when childcare fell through and they had no other options for having someone watch their children.

I’ve also telecommuted for a dot-com company for two years (as an independent contractor) – just about everyone telecommuted. We were all expected to be on a specific instant messenger service in order for our “manager” to communicate with us. I was shocked to find out that some of the ICs would login to the IM client via their cellphones while they were at the park, doing grocery shopping, going to the salon, etc….that kind of ruins it for everyone else and is why so many companies DON’T trust telecommuters!

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