Entrepreneurship

What's it like working from home

What’s it like to work from home?
DISTRACTING!

 For 2 years I worked from home part time for Marketing Company – when people asked me what work I did I told them I worked part time out of the home – the response was always the same:

1.  “How lucky! You can put a load of washing on and unpack the dishwasher while on a conference call.”

2.   “Do you actually get any work done or do you surf the internet all day?”

3.    “Do you get to wear your pajamas all day”?

How I responded changed over time. At first it was easy to get distracted, but soon enough I found myself working as soon as I woke up – saving time on a commute and eating lunch at my desk at home and working long after 5pm when most of my colleagues had left for the day.

A survey shows that working from home the most common distractions are as follows:

When asked to list the biggest distractions of working from home:
-31 percent say household chores
-26 percent say TV
-23 percent say pets
-19 percent say errands
-18 percent say the Internet
-15 percent say children

Who’s actually wearing their pajamas to work?
-41 percent of females wear pajamas when telecommuting
-22 percent of males wear pajamas when telecommuting

When asked where they feel most productive:
-37 percent of workers feel most productive at the office
-29 percent of workers feel most productive at home
-34 percent find productivity the same at the office and at home

 


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