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ChunkyMonkey
02-19-2010, 12:55
Curious... how many of you work from home?

I was a commercial banker until last year when the banks were Obamized. Now I work few hours here and there at home, mostly brokering deals within my network. The income has not changed much, thank God! However, after working my butt off for the last decade, I forgot how to enjoy life! The phrase Dont work hard, work smart is finally understood.

Side effect? I go through cases of ammo faster than ever! More trips to the ranges! [Beer]
Irving
02-19-2010, 12:58
I can work from home, but try not to.
GoldFinger
02-19-2010, 12:58
[quote=MB888;165689]Curious... how many of you work from home?


+1. I'd go crazy trying to fit back into the corporate structure. And yes, it does help get the ammo supply down.
cebeu
02-19-2010, 13:05
...you work from home?

I've been mobile/transient since ~early 99', doesn't matter where I'm at on the planet but I do spend 2-4 days a week in a local office now by design to exploit select resources.

The down-side, I'm always working, literally, that side of my personality wins out but I wouldn't trade the flexibility for anything. I'm sittin' near timberline now and more productive than ever (except I'm burnin' time on this forum at the moment [Twist])
al_g
02-19-2010, 13:12
I've been working from home for almost 5 years now. For most of that time I supervised a geographically dispersed team doing ID administration. Currently at the same company I project manage IT security projects.

Some good things is days like today, no need to drive anywhere. Since I don't smoke, I do things like loads of laundry and call those "breaks". I also really enjoy being able to do a decent cooked lunch. Take 2 minutes put something in the oven, when done mark myself as on lunch.

Bad things is there have been days when I notice I haven't left my office for 12 hours. When you don't have people dropping by you can lose track of time. Another thing is so often because I work from home there is an expectation that I'm available for calls at all hours of the day.

With the changes big blue has been doing I suspect in the next year or two at most I'll be back to driving into Boulder.
Mtn.man
02-19-2010, 13:13
Me. Me.
Hoosier
02-19-2010, 13:20
I work from home... it would take doubling my salary to get me back in an office.
cebeu
02-19-2010, 13:22
"big blue"

Sold my soul with em' for 7+ years (PM, DPE and PE roles), left on my terms.
cowboykjohnson
02-19-2010, 13:24
I do some work at other peoples homes from a home based company... does that count?
ChunkyMonkey
02-19-2010, 14:08
I work from home... it would take doubling my salary to get me back in an office.

+1 [Beer]
pickenup
02-19-2010, 14:24
I quit working for --them-- back in "85"

(them = anyone else)

Wouldn't have it any other way.
al_g
02-19-2010, 16:52
Sold my soul with em' for 7+ years (PM, DPE and PE roles), left on my terms. I don't know how they pay anyone enough for the DPE and PE positions.
sniper7
02-19-2010, 17:25
I work in a metal tube going 500+ miles per hour and live out of a bag.

Does that count?[LOL]
Mtn.man
02-19-2010, 17:30
It's cool, long as you ain't playing on facebook, while working.
jake
02-19-2010, 17:34
I've worked from home for the same company (in two different incarnations) for the past ten years now. I started off working in the evenings in addition to my regular job but when I got married and moved to this country I started doing it 'full time' (two hours a night and the odd hour or two in the day).

It's a British company so I get paid in Sterling which was great last year when the exchange rate was massively in my favour, especially taking into consideration the cost of living over here.

It also fits our lifestyle perfectly, as I can work as much or little as I want and take a few weeks off at a moment's notice. I don't think I could go back to a regular job after ten years of working in pajamas whilst watching the X-Files on dvd and playing Football Manager on the desktop :D
Mtn.man
02-19-2010, 17:35
So you got alot of flatware Huh.....
sniper7
02-19-2010, 17:50
So you got alot of flatware Huh.....
[LOL]
jake
02-19-2010, 20:19
So you got alot of flatware Huh.....
Some months, if the client is late paying up, my boss pays my invoices with her plastic :(
gnihcraes
02-19-2010, 20:28
I just quit working for the man... 8 more working days and I'm off to work for another man... but it will be much better at the new gig...

Everyone that works from home usually wouldn't have it any other way... I'd go stir crazy myself, too many temptations of not working being at home...
Elhuero
02-19-2010, 20:46
what the heck do you folks do for a living to be able to work from home?
Hoosier
02-19-2010, 20:50
Web Application Developer (IE: computer programmer)
ChunkyMonkey
02-20-2010, 12:43
what the heck do you folks do for a living to be able to work from home?

Private money broker.. or what they call hard money loans, typically for hard to finance business such as restaurant, liquor stores, laundromat etc Send some clients this way!!!! :D
GreenScoutII
02-20-2010, 15:24
My wife is a financial analyst with Hewlitt Packard. She has worked from home for the last six years. She loves it!

As for me, I don't think I could stand to be stuck at home all day. I love being on a job site.
ronaldrwl
02-20-2010, 17:54
+1. Work at home.
roberth
02-20-2010, 18:10
I work from home as much as I'm allowed. I'm in I.T. and oncall 24x7.
Mtn.man
02-20-2010, 18:34
I'm just a Gigolo...
ryanek9freak
02-20-2010, 18:39
Not me fellas. I have to report for duty every day from 7:30 to 4. It's hard to build huge diesel engines in your home office.
Bailey Guns
02-20-2010, 18:49
I run my little gig from home. I like it. Doesn't pay worth a damn a lot of the time but I don't need much...mortgage, gas for the Harley and a little ammo.
theGinsue
02-20-2010, 19:54
Not me fellas. I have to report for duty every day from 7:30 to 4. It's hard to build huge diesel engines in your home office.


Hmm. 7:30 - 4 sounds like the duty hours for the desk-job folks in the AF. Of course, SF work 12 hour shift more often than not. Good thing you'll be a Reservist; eh?!
ryanek9freak
02-20-2010, 19:58
No shit Thomas. I heard that from more than a few people.
sniper7
02-20-2010, 20:03
I'm just a Gigolo...


[ROFL2]
Mtn.man
02-20-2010, 20:49
Actually you can check out some of our work here
go to the Services page for pictures:

http://www.badgerkustoms.com/index.html
ronaldrwl
02-20-2010, 20:57
Actually you can check out some of our work here
go to the Services page for pictures:

http://www.badgerkustoms.com/index.html

Very nice
theGinsue
02-20-2010, 21:00
Yes, very nice bikes.

While I could never afford one of those, I really miss riding.