# Woo Hoo! I'm now a telecommuter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662 "2001-11-05T20:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/1 "2001-11-05T20:29:22Z")
Here I sit posting to the SDMB with a COM library compiling in the background, my beautiful vision of a wife nearby, my not-yet-three-week-old baby on my shoulder, no shoes or socks on my feet, and the secure knowledge that I’ll still be getting the same old paycheck that I had when I was schlepping an hour plus each way every day. Life is grand. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/2 "2001-11-05T20:44:10Z")
You suck!! 😛 I’m trying to convince my boss to let me telecommute. There is no real reason for me to physically be at work to do my job (beyond the occasional meetings for updates and what not). Also (and my boss doesn’t know), I could probably do my job in 4-5 hrs per day, leaving me much valuable other time. Unfortunately, my company is big on the “team-building” concept and the “If we let you do it, we’ll have to let everyone”. Poor me ☹ On the bright side, our building is rapidly filling up as we grow. I would selflessly volunteer to let someone have my cube if called! Man **cm** , I’m jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/3 "2001-11-05T20:45:23Z")
Congratulations, **cmkeller**! ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/4 "2001-11-05T21:16:08Z")
Best thing ever…Welcome to the club! I switched jobs to work from home four months ago…most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. Suddenly you find all this time you never had (like 3.5 hours commuting roundtrip to NYC everyday), plus you get to wear whatever you feel like to work (I’m a generous boss with a very liberal dress code!). Best yet, there’s all those “breaks” to hang with the wifey and kids. Congrats! Enjoy the time with the baby! ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/5 "2001-11-05T21:30:20Z")
I work from home on Fridays. It’s fan-freakin-tastic! On a good day I don’t work at all. I’ll log on, answer a few emails to let co-workers know that I’m “working” and then watch dvds and play games all day. If I worked from home everyday I probably wouldn’t get anything done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/6 "2001-11-05T22:31:28Z")
Congratulations! I will be working from home two days a week starting at the earliest next month, but most likely in January. The company I work for doesn’t like change, so I’m kind of surprised that they allowed telecommuting. First there was a pilot projet that lasted six months, then another six to eight months worth of debating, etc. Anyway, I’m over the moon. Just get on with it and let me work from home! (not that I have that much of a commute… the office is only a 20-minute walk from my place). The beauty is that I’ll see some of my co-workers once a week. That’s it! If that’s not heaven, I don’t know what is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/7 "2001-11-06T12:09:21Z")
That’s very nice for you, **Chaim**. I’m sure you’ll make the most of all your new-found time (sounds as if you already were!). Now, if you could help me figure out a way I could run a pest-control route without leaving my home… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-im-now-a-telecommuter/91662/8 "2001-11-06T12:17:15Z")
fantastic! living the dream. congratulations on the new munchkin!! boy? girl?