Virtual Company
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
karthik Tamizhmathi wrote:
60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture".
I get about 75% of my work for the day done before the boss and coworkers get there. Or on Saturdays. I come in early just to get work done. My boss always wants to “help” or send other’s over to “help” because that’s how he does his best work. I do best alone, no interruptions. My boss has “helped” me all day on problems I’ll get it done within an hour after he leaves. Or a problems others have been working a month on, I’ll get done, by myself, on a weekend. We haven’t moved into the ‘90’s yet so there is no telecommuting at my place so I don’t know how work from home does. But I know if no one’s around, I get the job done. I would love to see how it works to work from home. Joe Q
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
I find commuting really draining (and could spend that time working!), and work far more efficiently when I can set my hours rather than having to fit in with an artificial working day
I'm exactly the same. Unfortunately I don't have the ability to set my hours as I'd like (when I did I would work from around 19:00 to 04:00 the following morning). On the plus side, I now live a 15 minute walk from the office, so the "commute" isn't so bad and I get some exercise as well. Much better that the 1h45m drive/train each way that I was doing before I moved house. (If anyone is curious - I now live in Glasgow.)
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Those sound like my sort of hours! :laugh: Unfortunately I've only once been lucky enough to live in walking distance from work (and even then they moved the office after a few months). More typically, I end up commuting by car as the public transport to sites I visit is invariably either crap or non-existant.
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Such conditions were way back about 5-10 years back. Several cities have got good broadband and very good infrastructure. Which city are you from? Regards, Gautam Jain
Regards, Gautam Jain
Gautam Jain wrote:
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Is there an echo? ;)
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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karthik Tamizhmathi wrote:
Employer must provide atleat Machine to work.
Well, I guess that's up to the invidivual. Even when I worked in an office, I've provided a notebook that I've worked on for years now. I just preferred that to the piece of junk PCs they were allocating to people.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Well, I guess that's up to the invidivual.
Not always. In defense companies like mine, personal laptops may not be used at all. Sure the majority of companies are not in that situation, but they do exist :)
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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That depends on what you've got at home. A bachelor should be at least two or three times as productive (presuming the guy was working at the office in the first place :)). I'm not going to explain too much, just two concepts: 'not making the trip to the office' and 'underpants'. But since I'm married and I've got a cat, I have to fight for my right to privacy and silence, which gets terribly annoying and contraproductive. So I am working at the office, even if I am wasting 2 hours everyday by just going and coming to work.:sigh:
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Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
If you go to work for a virtual company, make sure that it isn't a virtual pay cheque that you get paid with. :)
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A great deal, but it depends on factors such as a) your home environment, b) what sort of work you are doing and c) how much you need to interact with others. Furthermore, some people more naturally adapt to it than others. Personally I find home working to be quite natural - I find commuting really draining (and could spend that time working!), and work far more efficiently when I can set my hours rather than having to fit in with an artificial working day. :rose:
Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
Furthermore, some people more naturally adapt to it than others.
Yep. I'm one of the people it doesn't work well for. I need the extra 90-100m I alledgedly would savy by not getting ready for work, commuting, and going out for lunch to get 8 hours of actual work in at home.
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
I shouldn't have to be an all or nothing choice. I think the most productive mode for me would be a 50/50 (er...with a 5 day work week 60/40) split. I don't have such an arrangement, but it would be a great boon to me. I have two autistic children. It would be a great benefit to the family if I could work more from home. As it is, I put in some time from home when we have critical health issues (about once a month) that I am gratefuil to have. And I end up spending a few nights per week logged in from home anyway Rick Brooks Programmer/Analyst (Do NOT abbreviate as Prog/Anal!) Chelsea, OK
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
Hi I can confirm that. I'm working (most times) from home and I'll be much more productive than when I'm working at the customers. Basicaly it doesn't change the working culture (most of our employees are working from home) but you have to take care about that you can meet all in some frequences (2 - 3 month). We are doing this. Regards from switzerland Rolf Ackermann
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karthik Tamizhmathi wrote:
Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
In my experience, it depends on the personality of the person who is working from home and to some extent the work they are doing. When I worked at home, my productivity was pretty much the same as when I worked in an office. I still got distracted and bored, but when working from home I could take long breaks during the day and catch up with the work later in the night. Also, you need good communication lines otherwise a person working at home can feel isolated and not part of a team. In the software development game, working at an office has the advantage of being able to call another programmer over to look at some code you are struggling with. When you start having to email or IM bits of code to help spot the bugs it can slow down the work.
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On the interactive programming help problem: I work from home for a small startup and I struggled with the need to have input from other programmers. What we ended up doing was using Skype and Remote Desktop to share our development desktop - essentially pair programming over the Net. Took a little getting used to, but works well once you get the hang of it.
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But don't you have a wee bairn ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
You mean a boyfriend? :rolleyes:
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
yes working from home is more productive reasons 1) time and expenses of travelling saved 2) working night at home have more concentration level 3) the infra cost of company is reduced and may come back as incentives , bonuses or salary increase which will also effect the working 4) tiring schedule of daily up-down also decrease performance 5) at home we do not have irritating boss/ colleagues 6) no office politics came to play how ever it is not up for everybody because everybody is not going to utilise the time properly to meet these challenges company should pay attention to constant work progress and incentives :-D
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On the interactive programming help problem: I work from home for a small startup and I struggled with the need to have input from other programmers. What we ended up doing was using Skype and Remote Desktop to share our development desktop - essentially pair programming over the Net. Took a little getting used to, but works well once you get the hang of it.
I also work at home for a startup and we do the same thing. In addition to Remote Assistance, we also have a GoToMeeting subscription, and we use a second monitor to constantly see what the other person is doing if necessary. A lot of our work needs to be done side-by-side, so with Skype voice chat and GoToMeeting, it's just like working next to him (but more private).
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
When I was working at office, I was very frustrated to spend 2-3 hours each days on the road. When I get home at evenings, I was so tired and could not spend time with my family effectively. I have been working at home for more then 3 years right now, and I quite satisfied with it. I feel more flexible and productive.
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Gautam Jain wrote:
Regards, Gautam Jain Regards, Gautam Jain
Is there an echo? ;)
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Recently i read an article that claims "Employees working from home can be 60% more productive than a regular conventional working culture". How much truth in this ? Virtual Company will get boom in future ?
Karthik M
Hi all, This is my first post. "Virtual company" what are we taking about here! it means employees working from home, what they gain? what is the benefits? what is bad for the company? and what is bad for the employee? I think the first one is simple. employees, no developers, will be happy working effective, and productive. for the company, it should hire supervisors that have good communications with those developers to monitor the work, and the deadlines. what if they are all working from home!!!!! for developers think that u have to live after the working hours, with your wife ,if u have, with your dog, reading extra books about space, or poet or anything different from computer science to make your mind working properly.... thats all. :cool:
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A great deal, but it depends on factors such as a) your home environment, b) what sort of work you are doing and c) how much you need to interact with others. Furthermore, some people more naturally adapt to it than others. Personally I find home working to be quite natural - I find commuting really draining (and could spend that time working!), and work far more efficiently when I can set my hours rather than having to fit in with an artificial working day. :rose:
Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Yep, being able to sleep at Mid-night and wake up at 9am is great. :-> Commuting is a bore :sigh: (eventhough can read and walk for excercise), but you are forced to spend that time daily, not so rewarding. For most of us, it costs time and money :( Now I'm commuting to meet clients, at least I get the seat on the train now, or can drive with no one in my way ;) actually, I always book meetings outside of peek-hour traffic (why not?) ;P More productive: it can be, but we are human, some people do things at the last minute, so it can be bad for them as they like to waste time before starting/completing projects. People who know time management, and focus on Goals can achieve more productiveness from home. Some working environments are not suited to programmers; was working at one place where I had 5 jobs! :wtf: was asked to do heaps of different things coz no one else could or would (known problem with small companies). ATM I run own business; it's just one person, me, and it's better in the way where you have more of a life, your work is more meaningful, when you work you are rewarded in every way, not just money and a pat on the back (most don't even get the pat on the back these days :doh:) I agree with previous comment ~"freelancing will grow in the future", (speaking for Australia), more and more people are starting own businesses, that is once they have the right skills in a specific area, and not just in I.T, all Sectors included. Own Business is a big step, must admit, even if it doesn't look like it at first, but there is a lot to do if you are trying to do it properly, and try to win clients. To Freelance, all you need is a network of people and resources, yeah would be small at first. If you have a couple of clients lined up, perfect! They can keep the income flowing while you build business. anyways, goodluck to all about to jump on the freelancers boat. You have a question, just PM me. Cheers ;)
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Do you play pc games?
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Games are too good, specially Strategy games. I've been playing Boardgames recently (e.g. Puerto Rico, Rail Road Tycoon, No Limit Texas Holdem :cool:) at least you get to spend time with friends, use the ol' brain and have fun (mostly). I wish there were 48 hours in a day, 24 do normal life stuff, and another 24 to play games hahah :laugh: (I guess I'm just a big Kid :-O)
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For me, it is hard to work from home because my 3 year old daughter keeps distracting me. And my wife too. And there are several visitors every day. And my neighbours kids... and so on. Regards, Gautam Jain
Regards, Gautam Jain
Yep see the problem there, "uncontroled interuptions". 1. I've seen people build an office in their garage. So, there is space between the house and garage. ;) 2. If you can't get out of house, I sometimes work with radio on, so it overrides conversations that you accidentally listen to instead of work. If people interupt me while working, I just tell them straight, "I'm working, can't talk right now, need to concentrate on something." They always understand (may winge first though). But you said, "at home, with 3yr old", if you are baby sitting and working same time, then you are doing 2 jobs at once, umm... you're just asking for trouble, heheh ;)