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what is telework mean?
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what is telework mean?
It is a horrible name that infers working from home or other remote places
just as if you are at a work place. Obviously, you cannot flip burgers remotely for McDonalds at home, but with a remote connection, you can perform work on your computer and telephone exactly the same as though at the office. With the cost of energy rising so fast, teleworking is something that can only grow because it makes so much sense. The main impediment to this at the moment is that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. But for many computer-based tasks (Help Desks for example), there is absolutely no reason why many thousands of workers commute to a call centre when they can do exactly the same task from a small home office with relatively little investment (telephone, laptop and broadband). -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "lilcheesey" wrote in message ... -- Lilcheesey |
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what is telework mean?
Terry,
Having recently retired from an organization employing over almost 500 Civil Service employees; many of whom wouldn't actually do much work anywhere (like a broken gun ... it doesn't work and you can't fire it), it is little wonder that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. There are other pitfalls as well. We were located in central PA and had an employee who "teleworked" from some remote place in Montana. We had to pay travel and per diem cost each time she was required to attend functions in PA. Also the employer is responsible for accidents and injuries that could occur in that small home office. I don't think it is very professional for a client to call a teleworker and hear the washing machine grinding in the backgroud, the television or small child screaching. Teleworking and especially governement mandated teleworking quotas is a Union representatives dream. It is like a "Get Out of Jail" free card for an employee who is habitually late for work. On the surface teleworking may sound like an ideal step to minimize congestion and save on fuel, in my view however it is better suited for Utopia. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg Maxey - Word MVP My web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terry Farrell wrote: It is a horrible name that infers working from home or other remote places just as if you are at a work place. Obviously, you cannot flip burgers remotely for McDonalds at home, but with a remote connection, you can perform work on your computer and telephone exactly the same as though at the office. With the cost of energy rising so fast, teleworking is something that can only grow because it makes so much sense. The main impediment to this at the moment is that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. But for many computer-based tasks (Help Desks for example), there is absolutely no reason why many thousands of workers commute to a call centre when they can do exactly the same task from a small home office with relatively little investment (telephone, laptop and broadband). "lilcheesey" wrote in message ... -- Lilcheesey |
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what is telework mean?
Yes and no to that!
I agree that there are many idle types who would try to take advantage. However, there are plenty of reporting tools that can monitor what work is being done (time on keyboard, how long apps are in use, number of phone calls made and received, etc.). I don't see it as a Utopian dream. It really depends on the job. Workers still have to attend a workplace: just not so often. The requirement to attend the workplace should be in the contract and negate any special need to cover transport costs. I worked from home at least three days a week in my previous job (now retired) and my wife still does work from home (for IBM) at least three days a week. All of her colleagues work the same way too. So IBM seems to have no problems with it. It is all down to the company culture and selection of staff. Think just how much difference it would make if just 25% of commuters worked from home 3 days a week. From my point of view, if I am calling my bank's help line, I'd rather talk to someone from the UK - even with baby balling in the background - than someone speaking incomprehensible English from Beetlejuice. Terry "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Terry, Having recently retired from an organization employing over almost 500 Civil Service employees; many of whom wouldn't actually do much work anywhere (like a broken gun ... it doesn't work and you can't fire it), it is little wonder that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. There are other pitfalls as well. We were located in central PA and had an employee who "teleworked" from some remote place in Montana. We had to pay travel and per diem cost each time she was required to attend functions in PA. Also the employer is responsible for accidents and injuries that could occur in that small home office. I don't think it is very professional for a client to call a teleworker and hear the washing machine grinding in the backgroud, the television or small child screaching. Teleworking and especially governement mandated teleworking quotas is a Union representatives dream. It is like a "Get Out of Jail" free card for an employee who is habitually late for work. On the surface teleworking may sound like an ideal step to minimize congestion and save on fuel, in my view however it is better suited for Utopia. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg Maxey - Word MVP |
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what is telework mean?
my wife still does work from home (for IBM) at least three days a week.
When I worked for IBM they were so concerned about confidentiality that there was no way I could have worked from home - or even taken work home overnight. I am legally bound for life by confidentiality clauses - although nothing that I know that is still confidential could possibly be worth anything now. They must have changed a lot. -- Enjoy, Tony "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Yes and no to that! I agree that there are many idle types who would try to take advantage. However, there are plenty of reporting tools that can monitor what work is being done (time on keyboard, how long apps are in use, number of phone calls made and received, etc.). I don't see it as a Utopian dream. It really depends on the job. Workers still have to attend a workplace: just not so often. The requirement to attend the workplace should be in the contract and negate any special need to cover transport costs. I worked from home at least three days a week in my previous job (now retired) and my wife still does work from home (for IBM) at least three days a week. All of her colleagues work the same way too. So IBM seems to have no problems with it. It is all down to the company culture and selection of staff. Think just how much difference it would make if just 25% of commuters worked from home 3 days a week. From my point of view, if I am calling my bank's help line, I'd rather talk to someone from the UK - even with baby balling in the background - than someone speaking incomprehensible English from Beetlejuice. Terry "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Terry, Having recently retired from an organization employing over almost 500 Civil Service employees; many of whom wouldn't actually do much work anywhere (like a broken gun ... it doesn't work and you can't fire it), it is little wonder that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. There are other pitfalls as well. We were located in central PA and had an employee who "teleworked" from some remote place in Montana. We had to pay travel and per diem cost each time she was required to attend functions in PA. Also the employer is responsible for accidents and injuries that could occur in that small home office. I don't think it is very professional for a client to call a teleworker and hear the washing machine grinding in the backgroud, the television or small child screaching. Teleworking and especially governement mandated teleworking quotas is a Union representatives dream. It is like a "Get Out of Jail" free card for an employee who is habitually late for work. On the surface teleworking may sound like an ideal step to minimize congestion and save on fuel, in my view however it is better suited for Utopia. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg Maxey - Word MVP |
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what is telework mean?
Tony
It did take them sometime to get over the security issue. Now you have to use an IBM laptop issued to the individual for remote access and they seem happy that remote security is good. But you have to have a lockable office to work and to keep the laptop safe whilst unattended. In fact, hot-desking is the norm and there have been fights over desk allocation! Terry "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... my wife still does work from home (for IBM) at least three days a week. When I worked for IBM they were so concerned about confidentiality that there was no way I could have worked from home - or even taken work home overnight. I am legally bound for life by confidentiality clauses - although nothing that I know that is still confidential could possibly be worth anything now. They must have changed a lot. -- Enjoy, Tony "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Yes and no to that! I agree that there are many idle types who would try to take advantage. However, there are plenty of reporting tools that can monitor what work is being done (time on keyboard, how long apps are in use, number of phone calls made and received, etc.). I don't see it as a Utopian dream. It really depends on the job. Workers still have to attend a workplace: just not so often. The requirement to attend the workplace should be in the contract and negate any special need to cover transport costs. I worked from home at least three days a week in my previous job (now retired) and my wife still does work from home (for IBM) at least three days a week. All of her colleagues work the same way too. So IBM seems to have no problems with it. It is all down to the company culture and selection of staff. Think just how much difference it would make if just 25% of commuters worked from home 3 days a week. From my point of view, if I am calling my bank's help line, I'd rather talk to someone from the UK - even with baby balling in the background - than someone speaking incomprehensible English from Beetlejuice. Terry "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Terry, Having recently retired from an organization employing over almost 500 Civil Service employees; many of whom wouldn't actually do much work anywhere (like a broken gun ... it doesn't work and you can't fire it), it is little wonder that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. There are other pitfalls as well. We were located in central PA and had an employee who "teleworked" from some remote place in Montana. We had to pay travel and per diem cost each time she was required to attend functions in PA. Also the employer is responsible for accidents and injuries that could occur in that small home office. I don't think it is very professional for a client to call a teleworker and hear the washing machine grinding in the backgroud, the television or small child screaching. Teleworking and especially governement mandated teleworking quotas is a Union representatives dream. It is like a "Get Out of Jail" free card for an employee who is habitually late for work. On the surface teleworking may sound like an ideal step to minimize congestion and save on fuel, in my view however it is better suited for Utopia. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg Maxey - Word MVP |
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what is telework mean?
I think that this sort of arrangement is usually best for salaried personnel
who are paid on the basis of results, not the time required to achieve them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Yes and no to that! I agree that there are many idle types who would try to take advantage. However, there are plenty of reporting tools that can monitor what work is being done (time on keyboard, how long apps are in use, number of phone calls made and received, etc.). I don't see it as a Utopian dream. It really depends on the job. Workers still have to attend a workplace: just not so often. The requirement to attend the workplace should be in the contract and negate any special need to cover transport costs. I worked from home at least three days a week in my previous job (now retired) and my wife still does work from home (for IBM) at least three days a week. All of her colleagues work the same way too. So IBM seems to have no problems with it. It is all down to the company culture and selection of staff. Think just how much difference it would make if just 25% of commuters worked from home 3 days a week. From my point of view, if I am calling my bank's help line, I'd rather talk to someone from the UK - even with baby balling in the background - than someone speaking incomprehensible English from Beetlejuice. Terry "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Terry, Having recently retired from an organization employing over almost 500 Civil Service employees; many of whom wouldn't actually do much work anywhere (like a broken gun ... it doesn't work and you can't fire it), it is little wonder that many bosses don't trust their workers to work unsupervised. There are other pitfalls as well. We were located in central PA and had an employee who "teleworked" from some remote place in Montana. We had to pay travel and per diem cost each time she was required to attend functions in PA. Also the employer is responsible for accidents and injuries that could occur in that small home office. I don't think it is very professional for a client to call a teleworker and hear the washing machine grinding in the backgroud, the television or small child screaching. Teleworking and especially governement mandated teleworking quotas is a Union representatives dream. It is like a "Get Out of Jail" free card for an employee who is habitually late for work. On the surface teleworking may sound like an ideal step to minimize congestion and save on fuel, in my view however it is better suited for Utopia. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greg Maxey - Word MVP |
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what is telework mean?
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I think that this sort of arrangement is usually best for salaried personnel who are paid on the basis of results, not the time required to achieve them. Right, and what some companies do is have the teleworker/telecommuter on regular conferences to outline stages of a project(s), dates they are to be accomplished, and require progress reports. It's fairly easy to measure task-oriented work B/ |