Re: Telecommuting (was RE: Speaking of layoffs)

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

An excellent point! From my own experience, managing the sense of presence 
(not just presence; the sense of presence) is the single most important 
intangible in the telecommuting equation.

Many people forget this. You not only need to be present, you need to 
*appear* to be present. It's possible to do the first and forget the 
second; or worse, to do the first and think the second is, well, 
unreasonable. It's not. IMO, it's a requirement of the situation; very high 
on the list.

Best,

Tom Neuburger
www.twelfthnight.com



On FrameUsers, Lee Richardson wrote:

>Subject: Re: Telecommuting (was RE: Speaking of layoffs...
>From: "Lee Richardson" <lhr@Adobe.COM>
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:55:07 -0800
>X-Message-Number: 50
>
>You also have to put extra effort into being visible and present. We had 
>one QA engineer that worked offsite from north of Seattle- he did all of 
>the above, and included his direct phone number in the sig line of every 
>email he sent. He then picked up his phone 9 out of every 10 times I 
>called. I always had a sense he was there and available.
>
>I also got several second-hand references that he was around- overheard 
>discussions of bugs he'd written up, references in mtgs to calling him 
>with questions, such that he had a noticeable virtual presence.
>
>...Lee


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