Teleworking in the ATL taking off! (Atlanta: employment, garden, train)

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Have to agree.

However, I have never had a paid vacation and think I would feel guilty about that. How can you expect to get paid when you are not working?

Is this a serious question? Jesus

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

Is this a serious question? Jesus

Sorry, I should have made it clear I was talking first person only, not anybody else!!

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Have to agree.

However, I have never had a paid vacation and think I would feel guilty about that. How can you expect to get paid when you are not working?

I wouldn't feel guilty. If someone wants to reward my work with paid time off, I'm taking every last dollar and minute of that offer.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Have to agree.

However, I have never had a paid vacation and think I would feel guilty about that. How can you expect to get paid when you are not working?

Originally Posted by brownhornet

Is this a serious question? Jesus

Originally Posted by samiwas1

I wouldn't feel guilty. If someone wants to reward my work with paid time off, I'm taking every last dollar and minute of that offer.

I commend Arjay for their honesty. I think the way we feel about paid vacations and guilt can be attributed towards the way we grew up. Some would say it's cultural and I agree. In countries where social life is heavily respected and encouraged, they tend to have a work to live mindset where in the US many tend to have a live to work.



I think we need to question WHY people would feel guilty if they were to receive paid vacation. It really does say a lot.

[Citykid3785]

Sometimes I debate which is better, 1)the modern day where there is lots of flexibility (flex time, WFH, etc.) but you are always on and bring your work home with you, 2) or the old days where you worked a rigid 8-5 but didn't bring your work home with you?

When I call my parents on my ride home, my dad will always say....."you're off at 3:30? Man, you have it easy nowadays...." I then remind him that I've logged in from home after the kids have gone to bed like 4 nights that week.

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by ATLUTD

I have recruiters in my LinkedIn inbox offering me opportunities to interview for fully remote gigs constantly so not a huge issue. As long as Cheyenne has internet and an airport, I can get a new job pretty easily.

That’s great. I’ve only stayed one night in Cheyenne (driving cross country and encountered a blizzard) but I hear it’s great country.

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by DreamerD

I commend Arjay for their honesty. I think the way we feel about paid vacations and guilt can be attributed towards the way we grew up. Some would say it's cultural and I agree. In countries where social life is heavily respected and encouraged, they tend to have a work to live mindset where in the US many tend to have a live to work.



I think we need to question WHY people would feel guilty if they were to receive paid vacation. It really does say a lot.

I look at it as part of the overall benefit package. I wouldn’t feel guilty going to the dentist either.

[citydwelling]

Originally Posted by AtlJan

If working from home becomes more the norm, I could see the trend really hurting Atlanta. If your job allowed you to live anywhere in the world, would you choose Atlanta? My guess is that most would say no, aside from familial ties to the area. I would definitely move to the country myself, were it not for kids settled in school here and aging parents here.

I did. I moved here five years ago, and was already working for a fully-remote company at the time. I was living in a rural area in the south, and wanted to move to a city where I could be around people who worked in the same industry that I did. I still work for the same company, and I have a handful of colleagues who also choose to live in Atlanta.

Remote work is far from isolating; it gives you an opportunity to choose what kind of environment and lifestyle you want for yourself. You get to do your best work whether you want to live in a penthouse apartment or a farm in the country, whether you want to be in a busy coworking environment or your private home office. And companies benefit because they can pick from the best employees from around the world, rather than just the ones who live in a specific metro area.

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by citydwelling

And companies benefit because they can pick from the best employees from around the world, rather than just the ones who live in a specific metro area.

That’s my belief as well, but you would be surprised how many larger companies don’t understand this.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by DreamerD

I commend Arjay for their honesty. I think the way we feel about paid vacations and guilt can be attributed towards the way we grew up. Some would say it's cultural and I agree. In countries where social life is heavily respected and encouraged, they tend to have a work to live mindset where in the US many tend to have a live to work.

I think we need to question WHY people would feel guilty if they were to receive paid vacation. It really does say a lot.

True...I've had plenty of discussions with people who question why anybody would not want to work all the time, as if working is what defines you as a person. I remember one guy saying that retirement should be all but outlawed, as "people shouldn't just sit around all day with nothing to do". There are apparently people out there who literally can't think of anything else to do in life if they aren't working. Kind of a complex...

Originally Posted by Citykid3785

Sometimes I debate which is better, 1)the modern day where there is lots of flexibility (flex time, WFH, etc.) but you are always on and bring your work home with you, 2) or the old days where you worked a rigid 8-5 but didn't bring your work home with you?

When I call my parents on my ride home, my dad will always say....."you're off at 3:30? Man, you have it easy nowadays...." I then remind him that I've logged in from home after the kids have gone to bed like 4 nights that week.

I'm fortunate to have a job which requires absolutely no involvement once I'm off the clock. No meetings. No phone calls. No emails. No expected work at home during time off. If I'm not on the clock, I don't exist as far as work is involved. Do I do some work at home when I'm not on the clock? Yes, I do. But only if it's something I want to do, because I love doing my job and sometimes want to do more than is expected or even cared-about. I do the extra because I want to. I don't do it because I feel I need to or because I think it will make me look better.