8 Signs You Should Telecommute
Even though a recent study discovered that employees who telecommute to work are more productive, happier and less stressed than their cubicle-bound coworkers, only 2% of the American workforce partakes in this.
It was previously thought that interpersonal connections with fellow employees gave people job satisfaction and a sense of connection. But as important as good relationships are at work, they can also be distracting. Telecommuters had fewer interruptions from coworkers, didn’t have to worry about office politics as much and weren’t forced to sit through long, boring meetings, thereby allowing them to focus more on their work.
Wondering what working from home would be like? Here are the top eight signs you may be ready to telecommute:
1. You love your boss from afar. Maybe she has offensive B.O. or bad breath, or maybe she wants to be your buddy and always invites you to her Harry Potter parties . Whatever the case, you need some distance now.
2. You find yourself preoccupied with visions of an entire office to yourself. No eavesdropping on overhearing your cubicle neighbors conversation with her cheating, divorcing husband. No putting up with your assistants constant interruptions during conversations with your non-cheating spouse. And no listening to your co-workers conversation with her whittle boy going pee-pee in the potty.
3. You secretly imagine how the office would fall into complete ruins without you. Despite not being anything close to your job description, copiers would stay jammed for days, computers would be taken over by viruses and no one would know how to keep track of the birthday calendar.
4. You cant seem to get in a decent yoga practice in the confines of your cubicle. And even when you try, all you get are strange looks from passers-by. There are only so many times you can pretend youre looking for your pen when youre really chaturanga-ing.
5. Showing up at work in your yoga pants is frowned upon. As is coming in whenever you want, leaving when you want, snuggling with your pooch at your feet, afternoon naps and watching Young and the Restless.
6. Youre tired of co-workers eying you in your lunchtime workout clothes, then listing excuses about how they are too busy to take time from work to exercise.
7. The cafeteria doesnt offer a decent tofu salad. Come to think of it, there are also no vegan entrees, no sugarless desserts and no vino .
8. The geeky tech guy keeps checking you out in your post-work running shorts and youve heard hes going to ask to run with you.
Tell us, what makes you want to telecommute?
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