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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, October 30, 2006 - 3:38 pm
Cnd, I would consider tripping a home hazard and not a work comp issue. As for neck and back strain, that would be an issue at the office as well. We have had employee education on that matter. For the most part, my employees are smart, and conscientious and they love their jobs and working for me (hard as that may be to understand! ) so I'm not terribly worried. As for getting what I pay for, most of my homeworkers are paid by the piece, so it's fairly easy to track. There are a few that are hourly, but I wouldn't hire anyone I didn't trust implicitly. As a check, however, everyone job shares, so if someone was billing me twice as much to do the same work that someone else was doing, that would raise a red flag for me.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, October 30, 2006 - 4:03 pm
I worked from home for about 3 years, it was very flexible at first, then one person tried to make a big deal out of it so now you have to sign a contract. The contract indicates that you maintain a normal (and separate workplace, ie office/den) workplace with proper work space. The company would only let you use their hardware so I had two laptops and two printers for a while. They have privacy issues and since I worked with loan files, I had to detail which ones I had at my home and ensure they were put away and kept confidential. I was always amazed that no one monitored my productivity, I did a report for myself in case I was ever questioned, but I did more volume than the employees who did my same job that were in the corporate office. At some point productivity did get questioned and they developed a report that we provided monthly on our activities. LOL, I still did more work than the rest! Anyway, they also started to require that we come in once a week for a staff meeting (this was mostly because of a jerk boss, and could have been handled by phone). I loved it, and could really do my current job from home as well, but my current boss doesn't want to set a president since some of my coworkers would want the same privilege and don't hardly work when in the office much less when at home! But that is another issue. The only concern I would have is if the employee is supposed to be on medical leave, I don't think they are legally allowed to work and stay on medical leave. We had a person who wanted to do this many years ago and couldn't because she was out according to a doctor who said she shouldn't be working, maybe that has changed.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Monday, October 30, 2006 - 4:47 pm
I work at home and have my own business, but for one client I'm like a telecommuter. They have it set up so that I can access their server from my computer and print documents on their printers. I used to be able to print out documents directly to my printer, but I bought a new printer, and we haven't needed to add it to their server. I have access to their email, so if there is something I need to work on and print out at home, I can always email it to myself. I keep track of hours worked (for them and for my other clients) and just submit an invoice once a month. I've been doing this for 14 years, and no one has ever questioned my billing. Fortunately, I'm honest!
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, October 30, 2006 - 6:17 pm
thank you all for your input. i too question how someone would be allowed to work from home that is out on sick leave, dipo. we (my boss & that person's supervisor) are meeting to discuss all of these issues on Wednesday afternoon. i also question this person's honesty as they are always trying to find a way around the system. example, our office policy states that you must begin your lunch hour not later than 2 p.m. it also states that you may shorten your lunch hour to 1/2 hour with approval and leave 1/2 hour early. well, this person tried to tell us that the policy didn't say which 1/2 hour you could take of that one hour timeframe. i pointed out that if one is working then one is not at lunch. and, that lunches must start no later than 2 p.m. even the 1/2 ones. LOL
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Monday, October 30, 2006 - 10:41 pm
I am salaried, and not hourly and I work at home at least two days per week, Usually Tuesday and Saturday, but sometimes Sunday. The "salaried" part said, I work insane hours. I will be up until at least 3 am this morning and am planning on just cat-napping tonight until I finish a paper that needs to be mailed off by Nov. 1. If I get it done tomorrow, I'm treating myself to a concert. I tele-commute when I am travelling. That would be via email. I have approved of thesis research and published articles while abroad. When you have an extremely flexible schedule like I do, it could be easy to not work. We have to submit an annual productivity report. For six years (until tenure) you can be fired for lack of productivity. You also don't get any merit pay if you are not productive. (Of course, our merit pay pool is TINY, and average merit raises are only 1% of salary). No one cares when or if I go to lunch. No one cares if I work at 3 pm or 3 am. Good thing I like this career.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 5:57 am
Time to move the Boomers thread up to the top again! My 20-something nieces and nephews think I'm pretty cool. They often call and we hang out together. When I was in my 20's, I thought that 50 year olds were probably thinking daily about their retirement, and I wouldn't have hung out with them if you PAID me! I guess I'm doing o.k., huh? Is our generation "cooler" than the previous, or am I just delusional? <discuss...>
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 6:08 am
when i was a teenager i hung out with 30-somethings but would have died to have been stuck with anyone older. now, i have friends of all ages and don't even think a thing about it. my 13 (soon to be 14) yr. old nephew loves to hang out with my husband & i. so, i guess we are o.k. for our 40's.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 6:57 am
My niece is 30 and she has always liked hanging out with me. It is not because I am cool, it is because she thinks I'm cool. I am in my 60s
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 7:12 am
well, i think both of you, huk & dogdoc, are cool.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 7:19 am
Henceforth, Cnd, Doc, and I are members of the "Cool Club" and our secret password is "yer mom" We will screen others carefully, k?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 6:10 pm
Sound good to me Cool Huk
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, November 13, 2006 - 6:15 pm
of course we are, huk!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 1:26 am
I've always enjoyed hanging with older people so I never did understand issues with it. My DIL and I hang out a lot but her sister always goes out of her way to hang with me when she's in town and her son calls me Gramma. I love spending time with her as she challenges me to get up off my butt and do stuff. She physically drags me out of my comfort zone. And, I taught her how to fly fish for red salmon. My other sons' girlfriends hang with me too. I think they like that I have so many craft supplies and can show them stuff.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 10:06 am
Just say "yer mom" and you're in, Chili
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 10:27 am
yer mom
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 6:43 am
Welcome to Cool Club Chili.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:11 am
LOL very appropriate. Chili = Cool!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 6:57 pm
I have always hung out with people of all ages. In high school one of my buddies was one of my teachers...she was unconventional and very different than most people I knew and I thought she was incredibly cool. Still do....she has led an interesting, adventurous life. In college my favorite neighbor was a woman in her 60s....Agnes was retired and I loved that she not only tolerated living under a group of college students (experiencing nights like when my roommate had a party at our apartment, fixed a big vat of this alcoholic punch and spilled the whole thing. I didn't know until weeks later that it ran through the walls and Agnes was up at 3 a.m. cleaning her walls), but always enjoyed having us over for a glass of wine and conversation. Among my circle of friends now are several people in their 20s....then I also hang out a lot with one of my aunts who is in her 60s. I'm 46. Then there are my nieces and nephews....they range from ages 1 to 27. I hang out with all of them. In fact, my 3 youngest nieces, ages 9, 11, and 12, have made me a member of their secret girls club. I don't think they have realized that I am not their age!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:32 pm
Yessie it all sounds so idyllic. I am so enjoying your secret girls club story. I've also had friends of all ages. My neighbour when I moved to toronto was in her 60's and I was in my 20's she's now in her 90's to my 50's. And she's still a friend, used to come to our houseparties etc before she became frail. I have a dear friend who is 72 and we were just at one of her dinner parties on the weekend. Etc. As for youngsters, I still think of myself as the youngster. What ages me is seeing our nieces and nephews growing up so fast. Sigh. One minute they are 4 next minute 16! They think their uncle vinnie is way-cool, but not sure about aunty Joycie, except she tends to spoil them, which makes me somewhat cool. (wink) 'Yer grandma wears army boots.' Am I in the secret cool club now? (i am so not cool) snort.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:48 pm
Mame, your application has been reviewed and you have been accepted to the Cool CLub. My mother was a person that kids loved. She was "grandmother" to two neighborhood boys as they were growing up. They would come to her with their problems and she would solve them. She loved kids and they sensed that.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:05 pm
Thanks Doc! Much appreciated. And may I say, that your grandma looks exceptionally lovely in those army boots. (I know, I am SUCH a flatterer. LOL) Yay, I get to hang with the cool kids... whoo hoo, what am I saying, as of now, I am a cool kid. Ahhhh bliss. Everyone's mom sounds great. My mom was 2 generations appart from me, she had me late in life which is why I am used to older folks, and also I had no siblings, so it was usually awkward for me with kids my own age.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:24 pm
goodness, do we need to get matching sweaters now or what? LOL 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:24 pm
It's funny. I know how some kids think anyone over forty is ancient but I never felt that way when I was younger. I never paid a lot of attention to age. All that ever mattered to me was whether I liked the person or not. One area where I think that older people may have a problem is trying to fool young people into thinking that they are younger by consciously trying to act like young people do by pretending to have similar likes and dislikes. Either that or they go to the other extreme and try to lecture kids. On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with sincerely thinking and feeling young regardless of how old you may be in years. It's also great if you can find common ground and many people can. For example, my Mom listened to all the same music I did when I was a kid (hard to believe). She truly knew what I was talking about when I mentioned a favorite group or singer. But don't try to fool kids into thinking that you are something that you are not by pretending to like something that they do if you don't know much about it.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:27 pm
jimmer, you know what? you are neater than peanut butter. say 'yer mom' and we will consider you a member too. LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:57 pm
My best friend as a child was the next door neighbor, who was 58 when I was born. We were best friends until she died at about age 86.
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