Telecommuting

I found the section on telecommuting be very insightful. I have been in the position where I was afforded the opportunity to telecommute to and from work a few days per week. Many of the advantages and disadvantages pointed out in the book held true in my case. One of the biggest obstacles I faced in working from home was being able to separate my home time from my work time. With always having deadlines looming it consistently made it difficult to walk away from my work at the end of a work day. This was further complicated by my employer who held the expectation that since I could work from home I was not constricted to normal working hours. It was not unusual to find my work day starting at 7am every morning and still be working at midnight on the report that needed to be completed or trying to analyze the business statistics to create presentations for the next meeting. Weekends were not out of the question either and I continually would get reprimanded for turning my phone off after hours. I have found that my experience is not unusual as many other professionals I have spoken to encountered similar working conditions and employer expectations when telecommuting.