Re: Working Off Site

["Elisa R. Sawyer" <elisawyer -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I've done a lot of contracting through third parties in which I was a W2
employee through a consulting firm. In some cases, the client expected me
to be mostly off-site, with occasional on-site meetings. In many cases I
work three to four days a week on-site and one or two days a week off-site.
In my opinion, any problems that I had with communication were not related
to whether I was working on-site or off-site.

That said, I have found that having some in-person meetings at the
beginning of a project is often extremely valuable. I don't think that any
of our current technologies can fully replace the value of in-person
meetings in establishing good communications. That doesn't mean that it's
impossible to establish good communications if you never meet people in
person, but without the in-person experience, sometimes it can take longer
to get into the "groove."

-Elisa

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Ed <glassnet -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Working offsite full time is very challenging in these areas:
> - staying focused
> - keeping communications open
> - consistent feedback
> - lack of personal contact.
>
> Of course those are the same challenges in an office, but more difficult to
> solve.
>
> I have found that there is one key contact on most successful projects. It
> can be difficult to develop that specific relationship when offsite.
> On Apr 10, 2016 15:12, "Laura Phillips" <laurap -at- pluribusnetworks -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am taking a poll to see how many writers work off site from their
> > employer
> > or as a contractor  what are some of the challenges that you face while
> > off
> > site?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Laura A Phillips
> >
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