How Teleworking Can Improve Your Health
Teleworking is apparently a controversial topic. The recent decision by Yahoo! to effectively ban it has inspired a lot of discussion. Absolutes aren’t useful in this context, but it is worth recognising that telework can be useful even in areas where you might expect that face-to-face contact was vital.
Marissa Mayer Is Right: Why Your Company Needs You In The Office
Last week, the media went into overdrive when Marissa Mayer announced that Yahoo was doing away with telecommuting and insisting that employees come into the office and work cheek-to-cheek — or cubicle to cubicle — with their co-workers. The reactions to the announcement have been fairly typical.
Why I Decided To Spend More Time Working From Home
Teleworking has been in the news both in Australia, where National Telework Week has just finished, and in the US, where Hurricane Sandy saw many people forced to work from home or a remote office for a week or longer. Parse.ly CEO Sachin Kamdar was one of them. He explains how working from home post-Sandy inspired him to keep it up one day each week (and his rules for successful telecommuting).
How I Telework: Danny Allen
As part of our National Telework Week coverage, we’re looking at how the Lifehacker team makes use of teleworking techniques to be more productive. Today, Lifehacker publisher (and former Gizmodo US/Australia editor) Danny Allen explains how he captures a great idea before it slips away in the night.
Ask LH: Can I Get A Job In User Experience Design And Work Remotely?
Dear Lifehacker, I am wanting to progress further into the area of user experience design. The majority of the companies that do great UX work and that actively advertise for UX people are based in Melbourne or Sydney. I don’t live there, but I am fully set up at home with an iMac and all of the necessary software. Is it worthwhile applying for these positions and proposing a ‘working remotely’ type role? Thanks, Remote User
The Cloud, Teleworking And Natural Disasters
Telework can be useful workers all year round, but having an efficient system for working offsite really comes into its own when a natural disaster strikes and staff can’t get to the office. The benefits can be considerable, but you need to ensure that your cloud infrastructure is up to the task — and do some sneaky social networking planning as well.
How I Telework: Elly Hart
As part of our National Telework Week coverage, we’re looking at how the Lifehacker team makes use of teleworking techniques to be more productive. Today, night editor Elly Hart explains what it’s like telecommuting for an Australian company while living in Canada.
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