bob_balok (2/21/2014)

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So I guess I have to reply to this since it seems like such a fantasy to people. I am the guy who's company lets us work from home.

I have worked from Florida because I was there for two weeks and had only one week of vacation. I have a co worker who's wife has more vacation than he and they take a Hawaii vacation every year where he works a couple days from the hotel but gets to enjoy Hawaii when he is off work. Another co worker has family in Chicago so they went to Chicago for a month last summer and he did his work week from Chicago and took every Friday vacation so he had a month worth of three day weekends with family in Chicago.

We accomplished a huge data converstion and consolidation project that spanned 7 months while working from all these locations. It is not a fantasy it can be a reality if the mind set of being in an office changes. If I can stream a stupid cat video from You Tube I can stream a web camera meeting with the other developers.

We have co workers who have moved to other parts of the country, more than one time in some cases, and still can keep their job and all the perks that those years of service provide. The company gets to keep the intellectual property and investment in an employee. You don't have to lose that employee that knows all the company systems if they need to move.

My grand daughter got me some new pajama bottoms for Christmas and I said "Look, new work clothes". It is possible and can be productive.