Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
Location: I swap goats for mobile phones
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Who does it? Like it compared to office?
Cheers
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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I do pretty much full time
Prefer it due to my office being full of miserable unsociable cunts with no interaction skills and it fits around the school runs
Looking forward to new job starting so I can get back to some human interaction though
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
Location: I swap goats for mobile phones
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Easy to motivate yourself? Save more £?
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
Easy to motivate yourself?
No
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Originally posted by Munchie
Save more £?
Yes
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Balling
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Registered: 7th Apr 04
Location: Denmark
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I do once in a while.
I'm allowed to work more or less as much from home as I want, but do find that motivation isn't always easy to find.
I mostly use it as a way of taking half a day off.
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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What you doin now? Wish I could work from home
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micra_pete
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
Location: West Yorkshire
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I work from home between 2 and 5 days every week and have done for the past three years, here's my take.
It will really depend on your sort of job to how well it will work.
I'm the only person in my company who does the job I do, I have a busy work load, often work 12/13 hour days. But this means if I doss off and get distracted I only put more pressure on myself the next day. If your job isn't very busy you'll get distracted and work wont get done.
For the first 6 months you'll probably do a lot of wanking.
You'll miss people. I try to get into the office at least once a week to talk to people or I work at a colleagues house for a few hours a week.
People will judge you based on their own jobs 'working for home' is a bit of a joke sometimes.
Its tempting to work late / weekends because the line between your work and office become blurred.
The more you do it, the easier it becomes.
I love it, if i'm not rushed I can slide my working hours around. I can go to school things with my son, pick him up, run the occasional errand. But its not for everyone.
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
Location: I swap goats for mobile phones
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I am now doing this for proper ha
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Just make sure the lines don't become blurred!
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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I work from home.. Its pretty dire at first as you miss the work place banter (Assuming you're not a social retard)..
However its only got better over-time You've also got to be careful you don't do too many hours, its hard to know when to stop when you're on your tod 
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Kyle T
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Registered: 11th Sep 04
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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Hate it, whenever I have to do it - I get nothing done, but get a really clean house...
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
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Originally posted by Munchie
Easy to motivate yourself?
No
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Originally posted by Munchie
Save more £?
Yes
This!
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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I do quite a bit from home, in fact I'd stay there in preference to travelling to a cold and dirty workshop.
I'd do it more if I could. But then I also don't care if I ended up working all day every day and most of the night. Might feel different if it was for someone else and not my own gig.
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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I wish my body shop was on the same land as my house
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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I do it also. I have a very odd shift pattern combining nights, weekend days, and going to London 1 week in 4.
I love working from home. I do 12/13 shifts all night. I get bored sometimes, but I have toys to keep me entertained (I.e tv, playstation etc). My Blue Ray collection has vastly increased.
It really depends on the shifts. If it was 9-5 every weekday it wouldn't be so good and I'd struggle, but I'd still take it any day over going into the city.
Save muchos on travelling (even better I get mine paid still for the city), easy to do your own food and not having to go out to buy it. Again saves loads.
If you do a dodgy shift pattern like me too, you get shed loads of time off work
Motivation = Do I want to keep my job. That should be enough really. If you've got a bastard boss, its enough incentive to stay on the ball, but you do have "i can't be arsed" days.
I don't do more than needed though. Unless im stuck on the phone, as soon as my shift is over, I turn off the laptop, go upstairs and climb straight into bed
According to Davey, im a social retard though, as I would far prefer to be in at home than out with a bunch of people I don't really like and are not my actual friends. I only consider work folk, associates 
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
Who does it? Like it compared to office?
Cheers
I work from Home if I have something I need to focus on as I get too side tracked with day to day stuff if i am in the office
Prefer to be in the office though - its easier to keep up with the company politics also if you are in the office
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