[svlug] Telecommuting?

[Michael Long]

Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> Why don't we see as many telecommuting sysadmin jobs anymore?
> Pros:
> -Severe saving in money
> -Less real estate required
> 
> Cons:
> -You don't see your sysadmin
> 
> Due to my schedule I cannot work on weekdays, but -- being that I could 
> probably replace a physical sysadmin for half the money. Why don't 
> businesses outsource it? I do not understand, could someone please 
> inform me of what lacks from the syadminning ghost inside the computer.

I work 100% from home. It's great. I would not want to be my boss 
however. If I were a manager of a group of people or running my own 
company I wouldn't encourage working from home and I wouldn't 
specifically hire work at home employees.

Outsourcing is a completely different beast and there is usually remote 
work involved. That's typically understood when you approach an 
outsourcing company looking for services.

Since you can't work on weekdays maybe you want to offer outsourcing 
services and not hourly employee work. I believe (and have no first hand 
knowledge since I dont' use them) outsourcing companies charge companies 
by scope of work not an hourly basis. (I could be wrong though).

Mike


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> Atarack Communications, Inc.
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