Comments on: How to get promoted when you work from home

By: Self Starter

Self Starter — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:57:09 +0000

Working from home is a great deal. Save on gas, more time with kids, less office politics, no cubicles.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:58:58 +0000

I love working from home, but sometimes you need to get out of the house.

By: Milo Riano

Milo Riano — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:58:52 +0000

How I wish our company would allow working from home. In all my previous companies we suggested that and they showed interests but never got beyond that.

I found you at problogger by the way.

My how to is entitled “How to Let Go and Move On”, Hope it interests you too.

http://miloriano.com/how-to-let-go-and-move-on.page

By: Graham English

Graham English — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:56:16 +0000

Since I’m my boss, I just have to work a little bit smarter to give myself a raise. And I always tell him how good looking he is before I ask.

My how to is up.

By: Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:55:15 +0000

I work from home a good deal of the time, but for myself. I read your article with great interest as I scan telecommuting jos on a regular basis.

By: Home Office Blues

Home Office Blues — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:54:49 +0000

Dominic – I tried to make the advice useful to any audience, ie teleworkers, office workers, consultants, internal employees.

Katy – I think you are right. Some office workers see working at home as a “benefit”, others don’t trust people working from home, and then there are some people that simply can’t manage what they can’t see. To get promoted you need to overcome all of those obstacles.

Mamaduck – One of the biggest “things” you can’t do is socialize. It is much easier to make a good impression on people in person than over a teleconference. There is a lot of unofficial communication that can occur in the hallway, at the lunch table and perhaps over a beer after work. Of course, if all your communication is over the phone you have more control over what kind of impression you make. When I first met my co-workers of 3 years, they thought I would be 20 years older and fat. Go figure.

Matt – I tried to take a loose definition of promotion too. Traditional promotions are a much rarer thing than they used to be. With todays horizontal and global organizations a promotion can be a special project, a lateral move, gaining direct reports, moving to a different department, or even going to another company or working for yourself. In all cases you still need to be valuable, be visible and most importantly – Ask.

Cheers.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:53:58 +0000

Great post! I want to work from home someday but for myself. When you say a promotion, what is your definition of it? I know what a promotion is. I am wondering because what if there aren’t any positions open above you? That is the scenario I am in. I still work at work, but there is no room for growth/promotion for 5-10 years. What are your thoughts? My How To is up if you want to check it out. Thanks for your contribution to the group writing project.

By: Mamaduck

Mamaduck — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:52:49 +0000

I think it is definitely harder and you can’t use many of the same things you would have used to get promoted in a traditional work setting. Of course you could just work for yourself and set your own fees too . Our list is up as well if you’d like to check it out!!

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:51:40 +0000

Good post.

Plus, I think it’s all too easy for employers to overlook homeworkers for promotions as they may feel that the “benefit” of working from home outweighs any promotion they may deserve

By: Dominic

Dominic — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:50:46 +0000

Good post.
Are you referring to consultants or employees or both?
I do consultancy and most of it is from home. I reckon that the most important thing is to produce high quality work consistantly.
If you are ‘out of sight’ you have to constantly remind people of your value.