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Re: Telecommuting rationale (Was: Questions about the work day for the Whirlers)
Subject:Re: Telecommuting rationale (Was: Questions about the work day for the Whirlers) From:Debra Kahn <kahndebra -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:46:24 -0600
I was not being unsympathetic earlier, Kathleen. As the lone technical
writer - and a contractor at that - in a building full of engineers, I have
seen my share of travails. (Like the 20-40 minutes that was added to my
daily commute over the past 7 weeks while I dodged multiple - and poorly
managed - road construction projects that did nothing to improve the roads
that I commute on to my eyes.)
I just don't think that what I put up with every day - in a job that I
greatly appreciate having in this economy - is anything special. Everyone
around me is carrying similar burdens. An example is director who hired me
(sight unseen, I might add) who has at least a 1-1/2 hour daily commute and
insisted on coming back to work just 3 weeks after having serious surgery.
The woman deserves a medal. Others around me have shouldered similar
challenges. We're all in the same boat here...which is probably the point
of the original discussion anyway.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> What you said... minus the IPO opportunities. (*Sigh*.....)
>
> > Chris
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > At the height of my start up years, I was doing a 60-mile-each-way daily
> > commute on more or less standard working hours, then was online from home
> > for another six hours or so with my overseas staff. There is a certain
> > "start up warrior" braggadocio that - along with the visions of IPO stock
> > options dancing in your head - provides enough adrenaline to make that
> kind
> > of workday routine doable, but after one or two good start up cash outs
> and
> > a half dozen belly flops, the juice just doesn't flow as easily as it
> used
> > to.
> >
> > Gene Kim-Eng
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/19/2014 12:17 PM, Kathleen MacDowell wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I didn't get the impression anyone was bragging, but I was impressed by
> >> the
> >> fortitude some people display.
> >>
> >
> >
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