Posted on 06/28/2015 4:43:41 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
With the rise of flexible working schedules, the freelance economy, and video conferencing, more Americans are getting their jobs done without ever heading into an office, according to new data from the American Time Use Survey released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among all workers, 23% report spending all or part of their day working from home. That’s up from less than 19% in 2003, the first year for which there’s comparable data.
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I’d like a one-hour window where the same story wasn’t posted here 5 times.
I have my own business & work from home.
Feels like I’m always working - 24/7/365...
Then what’s that rush hour all about? Rush hours, I should say.
Most of the time I have 28 hours in by quiting time Tuesday; what should I do with the rest of the week? 60 to 70 hours in 5.5 days is more the norm here. Of course my office has traveled 2500 miles or so during that time also...
That’s what I have run into myself.
I am a legal secretary and I still work hours like that.
I did it for 30 plus years...................a bit tiring, to say the least.
Retired now and enjoying every minute of it.
Remember when Ann Coulter was the darling of Free Republic? She'd write an article, it would be posted 10 times on the first day, 5 times on the second day and two or three times on the third day. Not so much anymore.
Some things never change around here.
That would be a less then eight hour work day.
I haven’t worked 9 to 5 my entire life. Grew up on a small ranch, enlisted in the Marine Corps when I was 18 and went to work as a defense contractor after I retired from the Corps. 12-14 hour days are the norm for me!
Kind of a silly article.
Nobody who is successful works a 9-5 job.
Not for a long time.
The 9-5 guys were the guys that floated along. They never rose in the company because they could not be counted on to put in the hours when crunch time arrived.
And crunch time always arrived.
No wonder rush hour lasts from 3 pm to 7 pm.
I moonlighted at home to put my son through college. I always put in three hours for every two I charged so the work would keep pouring in.
I used to do the 6 to 6 until money was directed towards a boss’s female plaything; when the live entertainment is paid better than the workers, the workers may as well work the bare minimum. I’ve been working like a girl for a couple of years now; there is no going back - and my other male co-workers concur...
Since I’m saving money now by making my own lunch, I actually sleep about 45 minutes each day at lunchtime - my body has become accustomed to the siesta.
Many jobs originally set up for telecommuting were being prepared for transfer to Asia; there is simply no reason to pay an American with a mortgage and family (unless they have a very specialized skill set), when you can simply pay an Asian with room & board.
Place I worked at - been on temp leave, they took away Work-at-Home recently but their hours still suck - you don’t get off until 5:30 pm which makes it difficult like start the weekend and going on vacation. Least they haven’t started to tighten the dress code, yet - you can still wear shorts & sandals instead of dress pants/shoes/shirt !
When I start working again, I have to look at moving ! Something I avoided about 6 or 7 years ago !
Yes. My work is based on hitting milestones, so it doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing, I have to hit the milestones. My computer set-up at home isn't as good as at work, plus there are more distractions at home. OTOH, I spend 3 hours/day commuting, so that's a lot of wasted time. I think my optimum setup would be working at home 2-3 days per week. A lot of people in our company work off-site, and we use GoToMeeting a lot.
No kidding. I have been in the workforce for over 30 years and have never worked 9-5. Never worked shifts either. 0600 ‘till whenever for the past 7 years. On call 24x7x365!!!
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