Now that the pandemic has forced everyone to understand the value of telecommuting, videoconferencing, and remote work…..when the pandemic is over….there should no longer be any hesitation about continuing remote working! Benefits for a Company You can hire anyone, in any part of the country, or the world. You can downsize office space, or eliminate it completely. Happy, rested, employees.
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I’ve resisted posting about this but, it needs to be said: This is 2020, and if you are not yet telecommuting for all the benefits of productivity, work-life balance, time, money saved. You NEED to start NOW! For your safety as well as the safety of others. And when the coronavirus threat has passed….keep telecommuting for the other benefits. Telecommuting
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I will be spending a lot of time in the next few months evaluating remote working locations in Tracy, CA. Thought I’d add this one to the list: Our backyard paradise as a remote working location. “Retirement” is good…..I just need a bit more time to get used to it. Probably won’t take long. Here is the evaluation of this
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I have been using the Starbucks by Raley’s for meetings since selling AltamontCowork. Since I am familiar with that location, I chose it to be the first of many in this new series researching remote work locations in Tracy, CA. Note: My original blog researching WiFi “hotspots” was way back in 2007. WiFi was new back then and you had
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In August 2007 (several lifetimes ago in the technology world), I went around to three locations in Tracy, CA to see how the new fangled WiFi hot spots worked, and, if they also worked with videoconferencing. The experiment went rather well. Fast forward 7.5 years to 2015 and videoconferencing is ubiquitous, there are remote workers EVERYWHERE, and WiFi is commonplace in public
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See ALL my articles on Telecommuting Start Your Engines–Or Not This was also published in the Tracy Press. Just coming off a wonderfully cool week (sic) in the ForCarol.com fireworks booth, my mind is still not all here, so here is quick article showing what I think is the most important saving you gain by telecommuting. TIME. When I was
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Also published in the Tracy Press. Despite what Yahoo seems to think….remote work is a good thing. Check that…..remote work is a GREAT thing. Assuming you have a career that is conducive to remote work, imagine the day when you simply crawl out of bed and spend 10 seconds “commuting” to your office. Imagine the day when you can commute
Read moreMy Definition: OFB= An OLD FASHIONED BOSS who needs to get out of the way and let the “kids” of today take over and change the world. Who thought my reviled OFB (see all my articles on telecommuting dating back to…..hmmmm, 1990!!) would look like that? Truthfully, I had in mind old people like myself: Wrinkled, set in their ways,
Read moreTelecommuting has been around for a very long time. I know, I co-wrote the first (and as far I I know the only) telecommuting plan at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1990 (or so, I forget). From that effort, I gained a lifelong love of the potential of remote work. I am shocked that it has not become more commonplace….but
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NOTE: I checked the links on 3/31/2020 during the coronavirus / Covid-19 pandemic. They all work! 🙂 Cloud-based video conferencing is a great way for small to medium sized businesses to get involved with multi-point video conferencing. These businesses do not need to purchase expensive infrastructure components, nor do they need the support personnel needed to run that infrastructure. Simply sign up
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