Nancy Young wrote:
>
> There were people who would be unreachable on a regular basis
> which could be annoying. But the idea wasn't really if you were sitting
> in front of your pc all day, it was Did you get your work done.
> Some people definitely took advantage of telecommuting, but I found
> that I worked longer hours at home.
>> Anyone not available on videocam gets fired.


I was working out of my house for a while to prepare for a course that I
was teaching. I needed a computer and we didn't have on in our office,
other than the terminals that were set up for other tasks. I put in
longer days than I would have in the office and I got a hell of a lot
more done.



> Being in IT, it wasn't really a 9 to 5 type of job. Of course, it was for
> some people, the kind who made it look like they worked all day but
> they were just putting in face time. The managers knew who the
> real workers were.

Some people are good at making it look like they are working but just
don't produce much. They specialize in looking busy.