Although many people dream of working from home full time, I can tell you from experience that there are some downsides to it. The biggest negative is that you never know when people are not in. Working from home you end up having to rely on people to get your reports to the editor...or if there is a problem with your page you need the production guys around to fix up your page. If any one cog in the machine is missing, you end up with headaches.
Today, there was a key person missing in production and two of my stocks are still waiting to be galleyed. This wouldn't be too bad if I wasn't waiting since Friday on one of the two! I work on the weekends and I was trying to get the one stock prepped to work on. Now, I have had the writing edited, I have all of my numbers done, but I have a page showing the format for last year! Oy! You would think that they would have more than one person who can handle production problems! Nope, out of the three people in the department, only one can fix problems Another thing that is tough is that you never get to develop camaraderie with the people you work with. I still have friends that I originally met at Value Line from when I worked there in the early 1990's. This time through, while I can recognize some of the names, I think I would have a tough time picking most of them out in a crowd. The old timers, yes I recognize them. But anyone who started in the past ten years is hit or miss. Overall, I have to admit that I like working from home.I get to really know my daughters in a way that just wasn't available to my Dad when me and my sister were growing up. In fact, I suspect many parents nowadays just don't get to experience true parenting. When I reflect on what I am doing...I have to say I am happy. Are things perfect? No, I could be making more money. I can stand to lose a few pounds...but overall, I am doing what I was put on this earth to do. Raise my children to the best of my abilities.
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