tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22085110667423146012012-02-16T18:56:31.417+08:00Working in pajamas..geek05http://www.blogger.com/profile/03047271178365314906noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2208511066742314601.post-75801731594344094372011-12-22T02:16:00.000+08:002011-12-22T02:16:02.373+08:00

One of the fatal flaws that we have as Filipinos is our lack of preparation, much more preventive preparation.  The tragedy that befell CDO, Iligan, and Zamboanga was something that could have been mitigated had their respective local governments saw fit to prepare its citizens for the eventuality of floods.  One local newspaper headline had the Mayor of CDO saying that nobody warned them of the

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One of the biggest misfortunes about working from home is when natural disasters occur. That and site visits. Most of the time, the byproduct of these disasters is the loss of electricity. This means that the work at home professional like myself will have no other recourse but to run to the nearest company office where there will always be standby generators and power is assured 24/7.

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photo from josephsylvestconst.com Since I've become a work at home professional, I have totally become paperless.  It's unbelievably liberating.  I can still remember when I worked in an office cubicle with all those binders and all those reports that I have to print out daily, monthly, quarterly. Ugh. As somebody who never had any love for collecting all those papers, filing is, was, and

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I've been designing or at least trying to design my own home office now that I spend more time in the province than in Manila as a work at home professional.  Our house in the province has an extra 12sqm that I can renovate and turn into my own home office.  Unfortunately for me, I don't have any idea how my office should look like.  I tried to conjure what an ideal home office should be but I

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photo from itelnet.com As a work at home professional, every so often, depending on the circumstances, teleconferences is a must. You will have to talk to a group, a team or a committee to provide updates on a project you are working on. In the olden days, you will need to go to the office to use special equipment that can handle multiple callers at once. But even with those equipment

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photo from kollewin.com As a work at home professional, the most important part of the job is communication. Without it, the powers that be that pays our salary would have no way of knowing what we're up to. This part of our work is the main thing that convinces our employers that we are worth the salaries they are paying us. Communication can either be oral or written. Written

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One of the most indispensable tool that I'm using with my work at home job is push email.  I'm lucky enough that my employer provides me with a Blackberry phone for my use.  With it, I get all my emails even when I'm away from my computer.  It also allows me to answer mails on the fly even when I'm away from my home office. It's very useful as a portable tool which allows me the freedom to leave

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photo from bestpaidtostayhome.com I am a work at home pinoy. One of the few lucky ones I think. I go to work in my pajamas, watch TV all day if I want to, as long as I finish my deliverables. I work for a voice at the other end of my VOIP phone, but I get my salary from the local office. There's a growing number of us work at home folks in the Philippines. Maybe a decade ago jobs such

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