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Great advice from this article in general, as I found from 6 years of working from home. That said, there's a fine line of making yourself available and workin
by neoCrimeLabs 9y ago
Great advice from this article in general, as I found from 6 years of working from home.
That said, there's a fine line of making yourself available and working too much.
The first position where I worked from home full time, my manager expected me to be available from 9am Eastern Time to 6pm Pacific Time to ensure I could support all available teams. His logic was that working from home allowed me to forgo my 3hrs of daily commuting and work longer hours. It was pretty clear this was not an ideal working environment.
The second position was actually harder to complain about. I worked for a non-profit with a global team of amazing people. The problem was you could log into IRC at any time and find a team member that you needed (and usually wanted) to talk to. It took discipline to say "enough" and walk away. Sometimes was harder than others, especially when everyone felt we were doing good things for the world.