I, Remote Worker
Kevin Ottens
- Introduction
- About KDAB
- My Life at KDAB
- Awesome or Horrible?
- Advices and Practices
Who is it about?
aka stats
Almost 10% full time
Worldwide
12.4%
more than 8h/month
France 2012
- Employer must
- inform the worker about the work and contract
- provide ways for collegues to regularly meet
- cover the direct costs of the work (e.g. communication)
- provide needed service and equipment
- Employee must
- manage his work time
- take care of the provided equipment
Legally Defined
Since 2012
Volontary
(on both sides)
Development
Consulting
Mentoring
Training
60% of the Engineers Telecommute
Started at 100%
DISCLAIMER:
Not Easy to Show Oneself Naked…
Walk in the Office
Yes! I made 100 steps in grand total!
Morning Chit-Chat on Jabber
Lunch Break…
Whenever My Body
Asks for It
Daily Company Wide Jabber Meeting
Done for the Day
Between 4pm and 5pm
All Done
Between 11pm and 4am
Go To Sleep
1000 steps done at best
I’m Tired?
Or FOSS’d like mad until 4am
… When Other People are Working
Voluntary Work
Sometimes over the week-end
Conferences and Gatherings
Work Time Flexibility
Employee
Integration of Disabled People
Employer
Increased Employability?
Society
Less Commute Time
Employee
Reduced Traffic Congestion
Society
Reduced Traffic Accidents
Society
Reduced Pressure on Transport Infrastructure
Society
More Energy Saving
Society
Less Interruptions
Employee
Reduced Expenses
Employee
Reduced Fixed Costs
Employer
Activity Transfers / Moves
Employer
Improved Morale?
Employee
Reduced Absenteeism
Employer
Reduced Sickness Spread
Employer
Reduced Vulnerability to Terrorism
Society
Reduced Pressure on
Real Estate
Society
Widespread Half-Time Telecommuting in the US Would Save…
Reduced Social Life
Employee
Participate in Modernist God Complex
Society
Illusion of Ubiquity
Society
Temporary
Productivity Drop
Employer
Being Accepted as a Worker
Employee
Sedentary Lifestyle
Employee
Vulnerability to
Stress and Pressure
Employee
What About
Occupational Injury?
Society
More Work to Maintain Relationships
Employer
Don’t Frame Yourself in a Fixed Position
Availability of Trainings
Communication Modality
Sync vs Async
Telecommute from home and that’s it?
Thanks to…
The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman
… for letting me use some of his comics.
Obviously, copyright is all his, not mine for the comics.
It’s great! Read it!
(I don’t own shares but I’m a fan)