Anonymous wrote:Yes, I am jealous. Working from home would allow me to get more work done, prep/cook dinner, do laundry, and walk my dog, during work hours. These are all things that tend to be a struggle to manage with a daily commute and being out of the house all day.

I used to have an AWS schedule, but had to switch my schedule after having a baby. Unfortunately, our director doesn't want to institute a telework policy to provide flexibility for workers who can't take advantage of the AWS.

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Anonymous wrote:I just think they are full of it. how much work can they really get done with kids in the house? If they have full time care, and close themselves off in their own corner of the house, I'll believe it. But no, not jealous.

No one I know who works from home is permitted to do so with children in the house. My kids go to school and then have after care.

I think it is interesting that there is a stigma to working from home where people (like you PP) who for whatever reason feel that remote workers aren't as productive when I feel the opposite is true - I am more productive on the days I work remotely. I don't WAH on a regular schedule; however, my job is very flexible and I am permitted to WAH whenever I request it (for contractors to come in, etc.). I am more productive when I work from home because I don't visit with my co-workers. I am at my desk by myself just plugging away at the computer. Nothing to do but work. I can start earlier and work later as I don't have to commute to and from the office. I am interested for those who feel that remote workers are less productive is it because you yourself are less productive when you work from home? If that is the case you shouldn't project your own inability to manage your time on others.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not. I work by choice, and I work to have adult human interaction, dress up, go out to lunch with friends. Working in the office facilitates that. When someone works from home, I think they might be working for a shoestring organization, or they might not be very social.

Anonymous wrote:Not me, I hate working from home. Usually not very productive plus my nanny hates it. I also like being in the office where I can bounce ideas off people. My job has ad hoc teleworking and I rarely make use of it.

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to work from home one day a week but any more than that, no. I need to be out and in the office and seeing people, and I really need the casual conversations with people where you can bounce off ideas, etc. I'm a homebody so I tend to like to hang around the house and not go out in the evenings and too much on the weekends, so I'd probably be really isolated.

My husband worked from home for 3 years and he got really depressed and didn't even realize it at the time. It's definitely not for everyone, but I do wish I could do it a bit more than my current company allows.
Also, we paid a lot of money for a small house so I could have a good commute no matter where I worked in DC so that would be a waste if I all of a sudden wasn't commuting (DH has a ten minute commute).

Anonymous wrote:I just think they are full of it. how much work can they really get done with kids in the house? If they have full time care, and close themselves off in their own corner of the house, I'll believe it. But no, not jealous.

Anonymous wrote:I just think they are full of it. how much work can they really get done with kids in the house? If they have full time care, and close themselves off in their own corner of the house, I'll believe it. But no, not jealous.