Proposing to 100% telework - from another state
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Anonymous
OP here again, I think you're right and so the other thing in my favor is there is already an office in that state, though 3 hrs away from where we'd be. So they should have the tax thing figured out. For those of you that have/had a similar arrangement, what type of work was it? |
Anonymous
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hi! I'm the OP of the 100% telecommuting/switching jobs post. Never even occurred to me to look to see if that should have been a spin off!
Anyway, your situation sounds similar to how I wound up with 100% telecommuting. We never moved, but I was actually originally hired by a design company to be their "face" in the DC area with a specific client. after many years of working with that one client 100% of the time at their company headquarters, That company started losing money and cut back on the services they wanted. I was then switched to part time there, part time working with other clients in DC (so working from home, but needed to be able to go onsite for meetings, etc). After a while, I just started working for clients not in DC, and that lead to me working 100% from home. To get to the point for your post... When I started working for clients in other cities, I was actually "presented" as a good thing. My time was flexible, so I could be the one to deal with early morning or later afternoon meetings (e.g., since I didn't have to commute or even be "presentable", I could roll out of bed, grab coffee, and be ready for a 7:30am meeting no problem.) May not work if you have kids, but it may be a selling point. Some other things that are required of me that would likely apply to your situation: 1.) I'm ALWAYS available during business hours, via multiple avenues. I have office communicator up constantly and am accessible by phone via an "office line" (company provided cell phone). I'm expected to be as reachable in my home as I would be at the office. 2.) I am expected to be as prepared as I would be in the Office. Typically that means all presentations go through the same reviews with colleagues, etc. I also have a GoToMeeting account and a bridge line so I can present and hold conference calls. I get that through my company, so you may want to see if they'd be willing to sponsor it (it's fairly pricy to do on your own, but it's not difficult to get - Comcast has packages, so I'm sure places do to). 3.) Be prepared to feel out of the loop on basically everything even if you're not. People seriously under estimate the value of "water cooler conversations" to get a feel for a better view of what's going on as a whole. ----- wow - that's really long. Sorry! I'm happy to answer specific questions if you have any, but I'm going to stop taking up space on the forum now! 
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