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Arne said:Well as you have noticed then rentacoder/elance/guru/whatever
is not the place to go.
Find a big company that have found out that office space is
expensive !
Or that get incentives from their government(s) to reduce pollution.
I've seen many people get to work from home in large companies. There are
often conditions - one can work on a contract basis rather than directly for
the company, one can coordinate with international teams from disparate time
zones, one can work just part of one's schedule from "home" and part at "the
office". Quite frequently working from "home" means reliably working far more
than forty hours per week, or not reliably working at least forty.
What is the fascination with working from home anyway? I live fifty miles
from my job and still prefer to go to the office to work. Then again, it's a
team environment and interaction with colleagues is an important component of
my work.
A hypothetical job interview:
INTERVIEWER: What sort of work conditions do you favor?
INTERVIEWEE: I prefer to work from home and get paid via direct deposit.
ER: Is that all?
EE: I require a six-figure salary, four weeks leave per year, fully-paid
medical with dental, and tuition reimbursement for my on-line college studies.
ER: How about two weeks annually at the corporate condo in the Mediterranean,
a company-paid Mercedes and an annual bonus of 50% of salary?
EE: You're kidding!
ER: Well, yes, but you started it!