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National Work From Home Day approaches

IT PRO is ready to try out the benefits of working from home this coming Friday.

By Maggie Holland, 14 May 2009 at 16:20

This week marks our Work Wise Week, a week dedicated to shouting about the merits of remote and flexible working practices.

As part of the week-long initiative, tomorrow marks National Work From Home Day.

To honour the day, IT PRO will be conducting the great work from home experiment. We won’t be getting on a train, bus or bicycle tomorrow morning to come to work. Instead, we’ll be logging on remotely.

We plan to do everything just as we would normally, except in different surroundings. And we’ll chart our progress – whether good or bad – as we go.

We’ll also be bringing you lots of handy hints and tips as to how you can make flexible working work for your organisation both in terms of strategy and technology.

Will you be working from home tomorrow? Take part in our survey and let us know.

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National Pyjama Club

If you work from home have some fun and promote your business by adding your profile at http://www.nationalpyjamaclub.co.uk which launched today for National Work from Home Day.

By ilopata1 on Friday May 15

It has its ups and downs

I’ve worked from home for some time now and enjoy the fact that I don’t have that daily journey. However, there are times when I miss the interaction with others, although, I do spend a great deal of time on Skype with my clients. But its not the same as that face to face interaction. Family and friend can be an issue. Even now after almost 10 years, I still find they often assume that I can drop everything at will and head off out of the door, more so when they are on holiday. This has inevitably lead to the occasional argument. Although one of my oldest friend has worked from home almost 20 years and often comments on the fact that people close to him still act in the same way.. Yet for all of its drawbacks, I do hope I never have to return to the rat-race which is the office, and the riggers of the internal politics which go hand in hand with these places. Sacrificing my choice of car because of fuel economy, Unable to take a tea break or meal break, or even a bathroom break at my leisure. Facing a two hour drive each morning that should only take 40 minutes. Cold wet winter mornings. Nice warm summer days that I can only see from a window. No thank you!

By dogsoldier on Friday May 15