Working remotely

Working remotely in my opinion is great. I came across this video of an individual April Dunford who works for Nortel. She discusses working remotely and the benefits it offers. From experience, I agree with her comments. My company has a very similar view on working remotely. Personally, I find I am much more productive when I am not in the office than when I am. For me it is the interruptions, meetings, and chats that take away from my productivity. At home during the day there is just me and the Internet, so lots of time to get stuff done and if anyone really needs to get me it’s not difficult, e-mail, phone, VoIP, IM …. just choose your channel.

What actually caught my attention was her name, I knew I had seen it before but at first couldn’t recall from where or when. Then it hit me. She is a friend of a friend and was mentioned on one of his blog entries. She also has a blog.

  • April

    Hi Michael,
    That’s a great post!
    I’ve been really lucky to have the option to work from home a few days a week for the past 6 years or so, most recently with Nortel and before that at IBM. Frankly it was the biggest “perk” I had at either of those jobs and a big reason why I chose to work where I did.
    Thanks for the link!
    April