Blues & Telecommuting

I'm really getting depressed...

And so Christmas has come and gone. Work still is hectic with people quitting left and right. I don't know how long I can handle this. Work has been a year of stress.

And a new [old] big house with some issues. Menards with some issues with their cabinets. New small town with no friends. No office to go into. Too much work with no enough people to do it.

Now I've 'worked' my way into a big hole with a large mortgage and a remote town with no real job opportunities. The good thing is that Tamara is stable. She has always been a rock. But I've yet again managed to tick her off. Even she's getting depressed about me.

And let me tell you, telecommuting isn't all that great. It seems that many others agree. I surfed into this discussion:

http://techdirt.com/articles/20051227/017237_F.shtml

With links to these articles:

For Workers, It's Face Time Over PC Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/weekinreview/25zeller.html?ex=1293166800&en=38c385eb7e6baebc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss


Telecommuters Causing Mistrust In The Workplace?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040517/0911221_F.shtml

http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39120750,00.htm
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A survey from effectiveness consultancy Priority Management for Microsoft has shown that more and more people are working with people they've never actually met – so-called 'invisible workers' – and feel that they're not working as effectively as they could be.
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