Remote work

[LYSE]

Good grief. I cannot even imagine that. I work in a psych hospital and there is a ton of paper. Even tho almost everything is stored digitally somewhere, there still are hard copies of everything bc there needs to be original signatures on so many things. Heck, I've probably printed off 100 pages so far today and I've been on here for an hour of the day lol

I actually work in the digital and electronic signature industry (yes there is a technical difference) digital signatures as well as electronic signatures are used by a number of Healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies CFR part 11 is not an issue.

 

[bcla]

nope. we still need actual original signatures on actual paper here. I'm not sure why. Maybe it has something to do with the commitment status here vs at a normal hospital. Here all of our patients are court ordered to be here and it is a secure environment. Like if a prison and a psych hospital had a baby lol. We have the big fence, locked areas etc.

The last time I voted I went to do it early in person. It wasn't at a neighborhood precinct and I could theoretically go to any of these locations in my county where we would vote on touch screens that could be programmed for any precinct. But at the precincts there are use standard sign-in books. But for this I had to sign in on a tablet using my finger to sign.

 

[Keli]

My whole team was much less productive when working from home so as their manager I'm really glad to be back in the office. I ended up working 12-13 hr days a couple days a week and never less than 10hr days because I was picking up everyone's slack. Although some of this loss in productivity was probably due to employees literally not working 8 hrs a day a good amount of it was due to how much longer it takes for us to do our job in a remote setting. We are very team orientated in our job duties and without having others close to work with it meant everyone was taking extra steps to do jobs they could do much easier in the office. I'm hoping we don't get sent home again but I've had some personnel turnover plus I've worked with other managers to develop a system to keep our team in communication and moving forward in a remote working situation. I'm hoping it works better if we have to work from home again since cases of covid are increasing in our area.

 

[wvjules]

Someone close to me used to be an accountant and worked on an audit over 100 miles away. But she was put up in a hotel for the duration of the engagement.

It's only 40 miles away but DC traffic....

 

[Figment of Speech]

it’s volunteer work but still work not sure if there really is such a thing of calling in because I am the only employe I do have friends that help me but they don’t tape or upload they just answer questions if I don’t have the answer

Since you're not monetizing your product yet, it is a little different, because your viewers aren't clients who are in the position to demand a certain number or frequency of videos, but this kind of model does have some things in common with that of other self-employed people.

I was self-employed for a while, and I'd say there could have been such a thing as calling in, if being sick was going to affect meeting a deadline for a client. As a freelancer, I would've contacted the client to alert them to the issue and ask for an extension. If they couldn't accept an extension, I'd have referred the work out to someone else who could meet the deadline (even if the client ended up sticking with the other person, it's better than burning a bridge by doing a bad or late job). But if there isn't a deadline problem, then it's really no one else's business when a freelancer does the work, so there isn't really any reason to contact someone else about it, haha.

In the case of a YouTuber who makes a living on video views and ad clicks, or an artist or performer who produces material on their own schedule, it doesn't affect anyone but themselves to skip a day, so in that kind of self-employment model, it isn't really calling in either.

 

[dez1978]

The last time I voted I went to do it early in person. It wasn't at a neighborhood precinct and I could theoretically go to any of these locations in my county where we would vote on touch screens that could be programmed for any precinct. But at the precincts there are use standard sign-in books. But for this I had to sign in on a tablet using my finger to sign.

I've signed a tablet before for various things too. But here we cannot do that. A digital signature is NOT the same as a physical signature on an actual piece of paper. Like I said, I don't know if the type of hospital we are is what makes it different, or if its because of JACHO or what. Heck it could be because its a state facility and they don't have the money to upgrade everything to be able to do that. I bet we won't upgrade from Microsoft office 2016 until 2025 when they stop supporting it. State run/funded facilities here are not as advanced as private hospitals. And since we are a psych only hospital instead of a psych ward inside a regular hospital we don't need a lot of the things a regular hospital would

 

[tinkerdorabelle]

I would like to see companies given incentives to do this, as I believe this would help many people that pay out for childcare, help our environment also, help people who are struggling financially. We are all trying to be more green I would hope and this seems like a great way to do that. It helps people financially to work from home and also there are people that are disabled, older, etc. Also less stress. I always felt it would help women and single women also. I know it wouldn't work for all jobs, but I think having more real jobs permanent from home is really a good thing for many. I think it would help our kids. I personally right now am looking to try to find something permanently from home, but don't know where to start. I would be willing to get training, etc.

 

[NotUrsula]

I would like to see companies given incentives to do this, as I believe this would help many people that pay out for childcare, help our environment also, help people who are struggling financially. We are all trying to be more green I would hope and this seems like a great way to do that. It helps people financially to work from home and also there are people that are disabled, older, etc. Also less stress. I always felt it would help women and single women also. I know it wouldn't work for all jobs, but I think having more real jobs permanent from home is really a good thing for many. I think it would help our kids. I personally right now am looking to try to find something permanently from home, but don't know where to start. I would be willing to get training, etc.

I've worked remotely off and on for over 20 years, and if there is one aspect that I know for sure works for no-one, it is this: working from home while attempting to watch a child who is too young to go to school.

Other than during the height of the pandemic lockdown when they had no choice, every remote position I've ever had, and every F/T remote job anyone I've known has had, forbids working from home without another adult (or at least a teen) present who is free to handle childcare while you are on the clock.

 

[tvguy]

Well, now Zoom, one of the companies that made remote work possible is ordering it's employees back into the office.
Kind of a sign that the end may be near for many remote workers. Not sure about others though like my son. His employer doesn't even have an office anymore. They had their first in person meeting since March 2020 in June and they had to rent a conference room at a hotel.
https://news.yahoo.com/is-remote-wo...l-employees-back-to-the-office-221055058.html

 

[Smugpugmug]

I love remote work. I have to go to in person meetings once every few months but other than that, my job is fully remote and it's amazing. I hope to never have to go to a physical office 5 days a week.

The office building where my job is doesn't even have enough tables and chairs for every employee. If we did RTO some people would have to sit on the floor.

 

[dvcgirl67]

DH has been WFH since 2004 when we lived in Orlando and he and two other people created a software start-up (the other two people lived in Orlando so they thought it would make sense that he be there). We had no kids and so they'd come to our house some days to collaborate if necessary. Once DH and his co-founders sold the start-up to a big company in California, they hired my husband to stay on board, which he said he'd do if he could work remotely from NJ and bring on his own team. They said sure, he brought his three friends in who he'd worked with for several years, and they've been the "core four" ever since. Three of them in NJ, one in NH....all working remotely for many companies since then. One company would buy another....they hire the team, and so on. That's all these guys have known since that time.

So it's been forever since he's had to commute, but he loves it and so do I. The attic in our home was converted to a nice office with vaulted ceilings and sky lights. He's on the third floor, so away from any barking dogs...etc. He was probably the least affected person in the country when the pandemic hit...lol. We have just one car, so big savings there and also save on lunch...etc. He flies out to HQ of the latest company he's worked for since 2018...in Seattle, every quarter for face time with everyone....he has people who live out there, who work for him. Most of them don't have to go into the office anymore since Covid.....HQ tried, but there was a ton of pushback and they were afraid they'd lose people so they relented. We've hit our retirement "number", and so if the day ever came where they decided we needed to move to Seattle so he could be in the office.....that would be the day he submitted notice that he's retiring.

 

[prairie_girl]

I loved working remotely and I swore I would never take another on site job….but I got a job with the City and it’s too good to pass up. It’s only a 20 minute bus ride and even at the height of rush hour, it’s only an additional 10-15 minutes. Plus, I can 100% choose my own schedule and hours so if I only want 20 hours one week, that’s all I have to schedule.

 

[rotlex]

Love it. Our company went from full in office to full remote in March of 2020. We recently started going back to the office two days per week. At first I hated it, but honestly, getting out of the house two days a week and physically interacting with my coworkers has been nice. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I could ever go back to a 5 day in office work week, but this mix is nice. I only have a 10 mile "commute" so it's hardly a big deal either way.

 

[tvguy]

Love it. Our company went from full in office to full remote in March of 2020. We recently started going back to the office two days per week. At first I hated it, but honestly, getting out of the house two days a week and physically interacting with my coworkers has been nice. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I could ever go back to a 5 day in office work week, but this mix is nice. I only have a 10 mile "commute" so it's hardly a big deal either way.

I worked from home from March 2020 until the end of October 2029, then back in the building for 3 weeks. Back from From mid November 2020 until June 2021. After 15 months working from home was how distracting it was to physically interact with my co-workers. I got so much more done at home, even though we were all linked on Zoom the entire work day.

 

[LoveDaisy]

My company has a work for your day policy. They ask we come in one day a month for an all staff meeting. The other days you decide where you work. I opt to go in the office 3-4 days a week. I prefer my office set up, leaving the house, and separating work from home. My husband is full time work from home and loves it. As others have stated we have a clear policy on childcare and if you work from home you must have childcare as if you were in the office.

 

[Moliphino]

Well, now Zoom, one of the companies that made remote work possible is ordering it's employees back into the office.
Kind of a sign that the end may be near for many remote workers. Not sure about others though like my son. His employer doesn't even have an office anymore. They had their first in person meeting since March 2020 in June and they had to rent a conference room at a hotel.
https://news.yahoo.com/is-remote-wo...l-employees-back-to-the-office-221055058.html

It's not a full return to office, though,
“We believe that a structured hybrid approach — meaning employees that live near an office need to be on-site two days a week to interact with their teams — is most effective for Zoom,” a spokesperson said.

I miss working from home full time. I've been back in the office 5 days a week since around June 2021. We can WFH here and there as needed, which is still an improvement over pre-Covid.

 

[wvjules]

It's not a full return to office, though,
“We believe that a structured hybrid approach — meaning employees that live near an office need to be on-site two days a week to interact with their teams — is most effective for Zoom,” a spokesperson said.

I miss working from home full time. I've been back in the office 5 days a week since around June 2021. We can WFH here and there as needed, which is still an improvement over pre-Covid.

That's kind of the model of my employer; co-location with a purpose. Not just being there to be there.

 

[Stratman50th]

Remote work allowed me to relocate from the Washington DC area to Florida. Gave us a head start towards eventual retirement.

 

[nancipants]

I got a full-time remote job when my previous employer started their return to the office process. Now I can't imagine working in an office ever again. My company is headquartered in another state and doesn't have any offices in my state, so I know I'll never be forced to be on-site. My team has 9 members who live in 7 different states.

 

[cayennews]

I love working remote. I've been doing it since 2018. It is so much more flexible, plus I save on gas, time, car repairs and dress clothes. Working in comfy clothes makes me happy and more productive. I have the ability to go in to work when I want. I go to my office once or twice a month and that is enough. I do miss some of the interaction with my coworkers, but that is outweighed by all the pluses working from home brings. I hope to work from home indefinitely.