Re: Semi-OT: telecommuting & web development

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The thing that seemed odd to me was that the company "...would like to
find a few developers with strong PHP skills to evaluate our code."

I just don't see how that would need to be on site. PGP encrypt all
correspondences/attachments, sign confidentiality agreements, etc. I
guess I just go overboard sometimes because there really isn't all that
much work in this area, and I see the "must be local" stuff quite a bit.
That's part of the reason why I dumped the independent gig (for now).

SysAdmin wrote:

> Telecommuting has some concerns for companies that we commonly don't
> think of but which I ran across when trying to convince a former
> employer that telecommuting was a good thing. From the companies point
> of view:
> 
> 1.  insurance - if the telecommuting employee gets hurt at home, is the
> company liable for workers comp, etc?
> 
> 2.  security - goes far beyond setting up a secure connection, it also
> involves the security on the telecommuters home machine, especially if
> any sensitive company info is to be stored on that machine even for
> short periods of time (especially a problem if the machine is shared
> with children at home).
> 
> 3.  time accounting - some companies have a need, real or perceived
> doesn't matter, to account for the time employees spend working on
> specific tasks. How do you reliably do so.
> 
> 4.  are you are working on something that requires providing direct
> support to clients?
> 
> 5.  when all of the factors are rolled together, is telecommuting cost
> effective for the company?
> 
> Personally, I like telecommuting but at the same time I can see where
> some companies have problems with the issue. There is more involved then
> trusting the troops and providing a secure connection.


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Justin Koivisto, ZCE - justin-72EOUSqB708AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://koivi.com
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