Comments on: Practical Advice For Negotiating A Location Independent "Job" With Your Current Employer http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2009/04/23/how-to-become-location-independent-without-leaving-your-current-job/ A community of professionals who live and work from anywhere they choose. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2009/04/23/how-to-become-location-independent-without-leaving-your-current-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Lauren Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:47:23 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-1333 Ha. Not to mention our "HR director" who took notes at the meeting where they gave me a serious talking-to about working from home...and then comes into my office to make sexist/dirty/racist jokes all afternoon. Well, I have a plan to get out, but unfortunately, it involves working here for the next couple of years. I'm definitely going to try your advice though! :) Thank you so much! Ha. Not to mention our “HR director” who took notes at the meeting where they gave me a serious talking-to about working from home…and then comes into my office to make sexist/dirty/racist jokes all afternoon.

Well, I have a plan to get out, but unfortunately, it involves working here for the next couple of years. I’m definitely going to try your advice though! :) Thank you so much!

]]> By: Christine Cantera http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2009/04/23/how-to-become-location-independent-without-leaving-your-current-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1329 Christine Cantera Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:43:53 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-1329 Wait a minute. Could he be showing you any more disrespect if he tried? You're a marketing director and he stuffed a photocopier in your office? Sorry, I just get so upset for other people when they suffer the petty injustices of their jobs. Don't get me wrong, I suffer my own; but they are NOTHING compared to life in an office. Yes. Get together your case and present it within a few weeks. Please be sure to include (for me, ha) that it's either go virtual several days per week, or give you a raise as you are taking on the second job of photocopier technical director. Make sure you meticulously detail the work that was done and the progress made by working at home, when you did so. Jeez. Hang in there. Wait a minute. Could he be showing you any more disrespect if he tried? You’re a marketing director and he stuffed a photocopier in your office?

Sorry, I just get so upset for other people when they suffer the petty injustices of their jobs. Don’t get me wrong, I suffer my own; but they are NOTHING compared to life in an office.

Yes. Get together your case and present it within a few weeks. Please be sure to include (for me, ha) that it’s either go virtual several days per week, or give you a raise as you are taking on the second job of photocopier technical director.

Make sure you meticulously detail the work that was done and the progress made by working at home, when you did so.

Jeez. Hang in there.

]]> By: Lauren http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2009/04/23/how-to-become-location-independent-without-leaving-your-current-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Lauren Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:27:27 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-1332 Very good advice! Unfortunately, the copier debacle is a permanent one...but in better news, I am the only person in my position: I am the marketing director at an architecture firm. Perhaps I will continue to build up my credibility, start formulating my case, and re-present the powers-that-be with my data in a few weeks. The tough thing is that most of our associates/principals are very old-school. We'll see! Very good advice! Unfortunately, the copier debacle is a permanent one…but in better news, I am the only person in my position: I am the marketing director at an architecture firm. Perhaps I will continue to build up my credibility, start formulating my case, and re-present the powers-that-be with my data in a few weeks. The tough thing is that most of our associates/principals are very old-school. We’ll see!

]]> By: Christine Cantera http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2009/04/23/how-to-become-location-independent-without-leaving-your-current-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1331 Christine Cantera Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:22:45 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-1331 Lauren - he doesn't object to your office being where the photocopier is, but he objects to you going to a place where you can get your work done? Ah, how I miss office life. Without knowing the particulars of your job, I'd say that you need to kill him with data. Just overwhelm him. This works especially well if no one else does the same exact job as you. Get whomever you work with to get on board, have them write testimonials about how they couldn't care less where you work from, get testimonials from when you DID work from home during the photocopier debacle. He's speaking out of fear of the unknown, and his reason is completely unfounded. State your case. Lauren – he doesn’t object to your office being where the photocopier is, but he objects to you going to a place where you can get your work done? Ah, how I miss office life.

Without knowing the particulars of your job, I’d say that you need to kill him with data. Just overwhelm him. This works especially well if no one else does the same exact job as you. Get whomever you work with to get on board, have them write testimonials about how they couldn’t care less where you work from, get testimonials from when you DID work from home during the photocopier debacle. He’s speaking out of fear of the unknown, and his reason is completely unfounded. State your case.

]]> By: Lauren http://locationindependentprofessionals.com/2009/04/23/how-to-become-location-independent-without-leaving-your-current-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 Lauren Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:53:45 +0000 http://locationindependent.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-1330 I worked a few days from home over the course of a few weeks just as a temporary solution to having the copier IN MY OFFICE. Yes, the entire staff hangs out in my office and assumes I am the copier tech support. Anyway, I had been planning to ask to start working from home for multiple reasons, but my boss preemptively nixed that idea. He argued that other employees would be angry about it and also want to work from home. Any suggestions for dealing with that objection? I am far more productive at home, and my job can be done virtually, especially if only for 3-4 days a week. I worked a few days from home over the course of a few weeks just as a temporary solution to having the copier IN MY OFFICE. Yes, the entire staff hangs out in my office and assumes I am the copier tech support. Anyway, I had been planning to ask to start working from home for multiple reasons, but my boss preemptively nixed that idea. He argued that other employees would be angry about it and also want to work from home. Any suggestions for dealing with that objection? I am far more productive at home, and my job can be done virtually, especially if only for 3-4 days a week.

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