The Sydney Morning Herald ran this article recently Working from home increases productivity.
It’s designed to dispel the myth that home based workers really spend their time goofing off, watching TV, doing chores, etc. It also discusses proper metrics for evaluating the results from working from home.
I’m not disagreeing with it in theory, mind you, but my wife – who could work at home – decided to go to one of those “third places” to work today because she knows that as soon as the two teenagers get up at about the crack of midday, the TV will pop on and there’ll not be any productivity working at home AT ALL during the summer school break!
YourNetBiz on June 16th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
I think working from home can be highly beneficial particularly if you have children. Being a parent myself I am able to work around my daughter. At times it is challenging to say the least as she commands a lot of my attention but the key factor is getting us both into a routine so that we can both be productive in what we are doing at the given time.
Marlon @ Smart Choice on June 17th, 2010 at 10:44 am
There are many parameters to define before we can really determine if Working At Home can really increase productivity. I think you can really say it in general. This is a case-to-case basis. One thing for sure, if you do not have a full office at home and no regular schedule that you stick with, working at home can be cumbersome.
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