Why I Love Working From Home
- I can wear my pajamas even when I’m at “work”.
- I can wear my fuzzy animal slippers all day.
- I have a cat for a colleague. (I’ve always thought animals are better than humans.)
- My other colleague is a dog.
- Colleague number 1 likes to sit on my lap or laptop and purr as I try to type.
- I have meetings at coffee shops over nice hot cappuccino.
- I can work whenever I feel like it, morning, day or night.
- I can not work whenever I feel like it.
- I can decide to go jogging whenever the hell I feel like it. (Awesome on sunny winter days)
- I don’t have to worry about driving in traffic from hell or trying to find a parking spot.
- I can have conference calls while plucking my eyebrows (or picking my nose for that matter)
- I don’t have to wear the constricting piece of clothing which is better known as a bra all day.
- I can freely give the finger to my computer screen, something of instant gratification and satisfaction over containing myself from an uncontrollable urge to curse at or punch my boss in the face.
- If there’s a fart smell in the room, I know who did it.
- I can work in my lingerie or skimpy nightgowns in the summertime.
- My boss trusts me blindly and does not ask what I am doing or when I am going to do it. He knows it’s going to get done.
- I get to do things that only unemployed people can do, like meeting up for breakfast or shopping with a friend.
- I can work 12 hours one day and 0 the next.
- I don’t have to listen to shitty French music my ex-boss used to torture us in the office with all day.
- I can attend and participate in functions or special days at my son’s nursery.
- I can care for my son when he is home sick.
- I can take personal calls without worrying about which eve’s dropper is silently listening in.
- I can actually get more done without the interruptions of office discussions on sex, guys, mascara, our ex-bitch boss and unfulfilled schemes of revenge on our her, and other office gossip.
- I can ditch work to play fetch with my dog.
- I like to see the look on the faces of the stay-at-home moms who don’t work when they find out that I work from home. (It seems to intimidate them.) *Dr. Evil laugh*
- I don’t have to drink gross coffee-machine coffee that tastes like the remains of brown mop water in a bucket.
That’s just to name a few.
posted by Mumbo Jumbo @ 2:20 PM
15 Comments:
You're definitely lucky, i wish i was able to do the same :(
*sigh
I want this toooo !!!
Ugh...I work in technology, but have a boss who likes control and measures his management by how many hours he got his employees to work, what time they arrived, when they left...despite working for a company that really pushes alternative work environments (like telecommuting and the 9/80 work week schedule) my boss won't budge.
Four days a week I work on my PhD- I have a roomy and very private office at the University (I'm a special scholarship student)in which to work but do ya think I could drag my sorry arse out of my lime green Disney Happy Dwarf pyjama pants and get into that office without someone forcing me!
I prefer to work from home on those days which makes me feel so guilty about that really nice empty office on campus with it's spacious shelving, bright window and perfect view of the campus gardens, especially because there's a shortage of office space! If it was socially acceptable to turn up to Uni in my pyjamas, sans shower, sans deodorant and sans makeup- it'd be perfect.
So instead, I stay home, do my research over the internet, take lunch with Oprah, bounce ideas off my dog and then run around like a mad woman cleaning the house 5 minutes before the hubby is due home!
Well I agree fully with you, i am lucky enough to work in a similar situation where I work most days from home, and I am my own boss. Beside the days that i have to go onsite for work, I got the coffee shop with my laptop and work.
I WOULD NOT GIVE THIS UP FOR ANYTHING.
Beside that i can have friday off if all work by them. Thank God for the mobile, cause you can be at out of the office and not miss anything important. I AM TOTALLY FOR TELEWORKING !!! YEAHHHHH
you're soooooo lucky....it's why i'm thinking of ditching the law for journalism.
someday.
lol great list. I particularly agree with point 12.
I love your list, I am going to come up with one ..here is what I got off the top of my head:
-I can get out of bed whenever I want.
-I can watch Rachel Ray and Tyra Banks everday (just kidding ;)....
Usual Suspect- I have lunch with Oprah too! :)
Omar- aint it the best? ;)
Leilouta- unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of waking up whenever I feel like it. My son wakes up at 7 am max- even on weekends! :(
...and no Oprah? ;)
Mumbo,
Enjoy it. With a 3 year old, I am sure it's a perfect arrangement.
This is why when we move to Sweden and are finally ready to have a baby, I plan to go back to school for a few years. It will give me a chance to be home more while at the same time building up my CV.
I am in technology too. I could do my research from home. And I could write specifications and proposals etc... from home if I wanted to. I can even design systems from home. Although first getting the requirements straight involves hours and hours of meetings with the clients.
But then if I am not in the office, the people in my team will start to slack off and we'll never meet our deadlines. And I'll worry they're not sticking to the design as they should. I have to be there to supervise them & keep them motivated. They might start to resent the fact that I can work from home and they can't.
And if I am honest with myself, what I enjoy about work now is the meetings, the debates, the conferences, the wheeling-and-dealing, the competition etc....That's where all the excitement is now.
I don't like being home alone. I'd rather be with people even if they're people am fighting with. Still beats being alone. I don't know what that makes me.
Ya walad. I want to pick my nose too. Haha. My boyfriend has always freelanced as well and would completely nod his head to every point on this list. Except for the cat. I have the cats. He has a dog. Lol. You is za very lucky gerel. Waw. But on another note, I love my job. I love going to our office. I love nearly everything about this place and the people and wouldn't think of trading it for anything right now.
Loulou, true. It's perfect for me for the time being. My no. 1 priority is my son and this doesn't affect him, so it works out.
My work situation was similar to yours before I had a kid and there was no way I would've chosen to stay at home back then either. I loved the people part. I think I would've gone nuts! but I guess there's a time for everything, right?
Sukie,
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ell yes it is great for whatever situation you are in but again its not for everyone. I don't have a family or any such commitment but i LOVE the freedom that it gives you, in your life.
working from home is not only for the technology industry, although i am graduate of IT (but don't use it), i can still work and have a proper profession, based at work. plus the fact that a home office is recognised as an official work office under the law (as long as you got an ABN).
The only down side is you can't escape going to the office if you are sick, so sick days are hard to come by, but holidays are plentiful.
i loved this post. Being that I a blind, I can't get a job anywhere for that matter simply because not too many want to hire me fearing I'll be a liability: so, not crying and feeling sorry, like you, I work from home. See, as you siad your boss blindly trusts you. And, the people I work with a trade with over the net don't always know I am blind. That is for my own good. I may tell them after I built up trust and got to know them a bit better. However, to save myself from being a victim of hurtful discrimination, i don't disclose what I don't have to.
i don't mind being honest if they ask. But, if they don't, I keep my mouth shut. Working at home has many advantages, doesn't it. Here is an idea. Get some adsense for your blog. i just found out about this, and i will be doing this also. This will be some extra income. You can make mad money while you blog about what you want. Just thought I'd share that with you Blessings.
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