The problem is these people are only thinking about themselves, and not considering the affects of their actions on coworkers. They need to understand how to be a member of the team first, and after that they'll understand how much flexibility in terms of devices, working hours, and location is appropriate.<p>My office lets people have too much flexibility when choosing their work hours and location. --It's not that people don't work hard, but when you have inexperienced people coming in at noon, that ends up being several hours of time that they're working in the evening without being able to get help from more experienced people. If I had a dollar for every time I found out a coworker struggled for hours on an issue only to have me or another more experienced person provide an answer in 5 minutes, well, I'd have a much healthier retirement account.<p>Working remotely is also difficult as it can be much harder to properly explain things when you're not able to sit next to each other, point things out, and even grab a piece of paper to sketch stuff out in order to clarify things.
Why are we linked to some blog instead of the original source, especially when it's just copied verbatim and with an annoyingly low-res graphic.<p>Original source with high-res info-graphic: <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/work-from-home-2/" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/work-from-home-2/</a>
Working from home isn't a right. I've done both (worked from home and an office) and it takes a certain kind of person to actually be able to get work done at home. The same sort of discipline that you need to run your own company. Most people just don't have this discipline.
I work in a huge multi-national corporation. Some of the people I interact with are co-located with me, however, most are not. I've even worked with people who are 100% remote. What does it matter to them where I'm sitting? Now, I agree there is something to be said about team building & sheer convenience, depending on the nature of your work, but as long as you are getting the job done, who cares if you are sitting behind your desk 40 hrs/wk?<p>This should also be a no-brainer for employers. Flex schedules/working from home is an excellent perk, and is low hanging fruit in terms of a company "going green", since there are less people driving to work and offices supporting fewer people produce a smaller carbon footprint.
I'm less interested in what college students think about office work than I would be to see what changes they may have (or not) after 3 years of experience.<p>I'm not disputing the results... I've just noticed that a few years of experience tends to temper attitude a bit, once people learn the reasons behind various policies.
What is the mobile direct link? iPad safari is unsupported:<p>"Dynamic Views in Blogger require the use of a modern browser, and are not currently supported on mobile devices."
Can people list what they use for screen sharing when doing remote work? This is my first job where I am having to work with people remotely and I am noticing that iteration times are much higher because its inefficient to describe concepts remotely. Online whiteboards would be appreciated too.