Working from home is easy when you have a performance-based job. I have projects to start and finish, and it behooves me to finish them in a timely manner. If I were merely pressing a button every five seconds, I would probably slack off when I work from home.
My last job I had work from home Fridays and that was a great. My ideal environment would be 2 days a week from home. I don't think I'd like full-time. But between full-time at home or no WFH at all, I'll take the full-time at home.
When I am not traveling I work from home exclusively... sometimes that may mean 1-2 days a month, while other times it could mean 1-2 weeks straight. It is always tough to stay focused, but I find when I do work I can get all of my work done for the day in a few hours, rather than all day in an office setting being bothered by everyone. Sometimes I make it a point to head to the local office and work out of a shared space, or hit up a restaurant or coffee shop to stay focused and a change of pace. My company also gets more hours out of me, because I am logged in constantly. I continually get hit up at 10:00PM and other oddball hours about random things. Goes with the territory. Personal hygiene definitely takes a hit.
My last freaking manager let a couple chicks work from home for their "mommy" duties, or just because they sweet talked him. And tried to make me like I was "cheating the system" when I just wanted to CHECK my WORK from home (for free). I know it sounds sketchy, show up to work half assed, then work at home to catch up. But its still the same work getting done. They see it as why pay for people loafing on the clock and then compensate off, but I see it as why WOULD I WANT to spend my own personal FREE TIME doing THEIR work? There is no benefit to wasting time at work or home if you still have to do the same work on your OFF time anyway, might as well condense it down. Glad I'm gone from there lol I've worked from home for 2 weeks. I think I worked a little better from home because I didnt like the people at the company I'm with. Too much of their chatter and drama and one-upsmanship distractions. But I was prone to big time lapses in focus at home too. One I got out the "zone", I couldnt get back in. I think half home half at work woulda been good
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/02/24/yahoo-tells-employees-in-memo-to-stop-working-from-home/ Yahoo! tells employees to stop working from home
I run my own online store that made me able to quit my minimum wage fast food job. I lose focus easily. Actually, I should be packing up packages but I'm browsing clutchfans instead lol. I only put in about an hour or two a day though.
I've worked at home for years. I am generally pretty good about being focused on work when it needs to be done so I don't think working at home versus an office makes much of a difference.
i work from home right now. and i ****ing hate working from home 100%. i am a pretty out going person. working from home is so isolating that it drives me nuts. i am going to switch to working from office again. don't care about the extra time on commute etc. i enjoy interacting with others. best case, working from home 3/5 days a week, but i don't have that option.
lol, i am actually a programmer/analyst. most people would think that i don't need to interact with others, but i do. just my personality.
Get (buy?) yourself a wife. Been working from home for about 10 years. The last five or so were more productive with my wife in the house. I find there are just as many distractions in the office as the home, but I save 70 miles a day working from home. Your motivation here is that you want to continue to work from home, so take care of your business and everything else falls into place.
