Its now official and I work from home on alternate days. Works out well for me cos I dun get any distractions and can focus on my task at hand. I reckon that for what I do, I just need blocks of time that I can sit and just work away without the phone ring, chattering etc etc. I get mixed reactions when I tell people that I work from home certain days. Some say it is great for its flexibility and all but most think that it is the perfect excuse to laze at home. And I tell you…I really hate that. I hate the quizzical looks that people give me when I say I work from home.Say things like even if you sleep/watch telly/dun work ..no one will know. Well..theoretically yes..but won’t it mean I will miss all my deadlines?!?! I have given up justifying my work and well..as long as I know I am doing my stuff, it is OK. Just a couple of days ago, told my BIL that I was working from home and as usual the quizzical looked popped up. He exchanged this funny and knowing look with my mum. So they said the usual things..I defended by saying that people do know when I am at work cos I log in. BIL then said..well..you could always set your PC to automatically login at a specific time. Also said that with wireless, I could be on a holiday and no one would know. Hmmphh…So decided after that. I was not going to say anymore.

Suppose it is the working culture but why are people so hung up on where you work from? Isn’t it more important that you finish your tasks and deliver what you are supposed to? I could very well be physically in office but yet not work. Anyway..I have decided that people can pretty much say what they want and I will try not to be bothered. But it would be nice if people were more supportive.

I love working from home cos it pretty much means that my time is mine to manage. I can work more after the little fella sleeps and take a bit more time in the am to send him to school etc. With my 11pm/12 midnite conference calls, it is good that I have the flexibilty of managing my own work day. Much as I have all the time to laze, watch telly etc etc etc…I am bounded my work ethics. I always think..since I am given such a privilege and flexibility, I better not abuse it.So there..that is my stand on working from home.

Posted: November 7th, 2007 under work.
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