Could you Telecommute?

[davekill]

In your occupation are you able to work remotely from home? If so, could you be as productive as on the work site?

A new experience for me - Due to temporary medical circumstances my boss has set me up with a company laptop and remote access one day a week for the next 6 months.

I do graphics work in a small office where we create on-line training, so it's easy to make the transition from my desk to a home workstation. the downside is that I've found it's easy to get distracted - must stay focused

[Rico]

Might work for me for about one day each week, but generally I need access to the lab and my chemicals!  ;)

[Bryancd]

I can and do on occassion. My wife does as well a few times per month. We both like the convenience and flexibility but also find it's never as productive.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

My guess would be (since I don't work full-time) is that it wouldn't be nearly as productive as being at work, but it would add some nice convince like once-a-week. 

I just wouldn't recommend it for an entire week, you just wouldn't get anything done. 

King

[moyer777]

I work from home a lot.  The key to less distractions is to shut myself up in my family room with the french doors closed, or put headphones on and sit in front of my computer. 

I must confess though, I do enjoy going into my office at work and having my own space away from everything else.  If I had a bigger house and had an office, well that would be different.

:)

[jedijeff]

I work at home full time. It was not my choice as the company wanted to save on office space, and my manager sent me home. To be honest, working at home a few days a week is alright, but full time is tough. I do get a lot of Cabin fever, and sometimes can go for a few days without leaving the house. What I miss the most is my co workers, as some of them I have not seen in a very long time. All the informal moments at work, and going for coffee and lunch are gone, and really just deal with them on work related issues now. I do have to work a lot of overtime at times, so if I had the comute to and from the office, would take a lot more out of my day, so that is an advantage.
I usually keep these forums open during the day, well I am working, otherwise I would probably go crazy (well if I am not already ;) )

[sheldor]

Our company has remote connectivity but we are not allowed to access our local drive.  One of their bad decisions.

[Blackride]

I could work from home but my company does not like us doing it more than a couple of times a month. If we were allowed to do it more I could do it full time but they really want people to get face-time with everyone.

[Jen]

I freelanced for about three years from home after the company I worked for closed down. I was able to focus better at my home office, there's no one to come in and interrupt the creative process. I loved it... but now that I'm working at an actual business location now, I like that I can bounce ideas off other creatives. If I started working from home, I think I'd miss my friends... and the geeky conversations I have every day with Angela.

[Dan M]

I don't think I could do it full-time, but I usually work from home a couple days a month.  When I've got a task that is going to take me the whole day and I don't want interruptions, I usually stay home.  But I like my coworkers.  I enjoy the camaraderie, and I like having people to bounce ideas off of.

When I first started working from home, I didn't have the discipline to shut off the TV and my output suffered.  I usually ended up working into the evening to make up for it.  Now, I'm much better about all that.  Still, it's a burden on my family, because daddy's home, but they have to ignore me. 

Well, it's a burden on my children.  My wife doesn't have a problem with it.  :)