Comments on: Nomadic Career Management http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-4378 Scot Herrick Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:38:32 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-4378 <a href="#comment-4377" rel="nofollow">@Chris Brogan…</a> - It would save the money...but require changing the culture of the company, including a lot of the management style. That's much harder than saving money by working at figuring out new ways of doing work. It is much easier for management, from a decision-making viewpoint, to lay off employees. It is also more acceptable to Wall Street. It's just tough on all the people that work in the company! @Chris Brogan… – It would save the money…but require changing the culture of the company, including a lot of the management style. That’s much harder than saving money by working at figuring out new ways of doing work.

It is much easier for management, from a decision-making viewpoint, to lay off employees. It is also more acceptable to Wall Street. It’s just tough on all the people that work in the company!

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 Scot Herrick Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:38:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-6153 <a href="#comment-4377" rel="nofollow">@Chris Brogan…</a> - It would save the money...but require changing the culture of the company, including a lot of the management style. That's much harder than saving money by working at figuring out new ways of doing work. It is much easier for management, from a decision-making viewpoint, to lay off employees. It is also more acceptable to Wall Street. It's just tough on all the people that work in the company! @Chris Brogan… – It would save the money…but require changing the culture of the company, including a lot of the management style. That’s much harder than saving money by working at figuring out new ways of doing work.

It is much easier for management, from a decision-making viewpoint, to lay off employees. It is also more acceptable to Wall Street. It’s just tough on all the people that work in the company!

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-4377 Chris Brogan... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:23 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-4377 You're spot on with the point that companies went from in-office to overseas, and missed the step where they could've saved tens of thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands in larger companies), while retaining domestic jobs, maintaining a slightly better proximity for meetings and other needs, and all the other benefits that would've come from keeping their employees closer than several continents away. Fascinating times. Your point isn't missed about this not being the ideal time to try proactive things, and yet, with budgets on people's minds, if I gave you a way to dump a building by dumping employees back into their dens, would that save a business money? You’re spot on with the point that companies went from in-office to overseas, and missed the step where they could’ve saved tens of thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands in larger companies), while retaining domestic jobs, maintaining a slightly better proximity for meetings and other needs, and all the other benefits that would’ve come from keeping their employees closer than several continents away.

Fascinating times. Your point isn’t missed about this not being the ideal time to try proactive things, and yet, with budgets on people’s minds, if I gave you a way to dump a building by dumping employees back into their dens, would that save a business money?

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-6152 Chris Brogan... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-6152 You're spot on with the point that companies went from in-office to overseas, and missed the step where they could've saved tens of thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands in larger companies), while retaining domestic jobs, maintaining a slightly better proximity for meetings and other needs, and all the other benefits that would've come from keeping their employees closer than several continents away. Fascinating times. Your point isn't missed about this not being the ideal time to try proactive things, and yet, with budgets on people's minds, if I gave you a way to dump a building by dumping employees back into their dens, would that save a business money? You’re spot on with the point that companies went from in-office to overseas, and missed the step where they could’ve saved tens of thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands in larger companies), while retaining domestic jobs, maintaining a slightly better proximity for meetings and other needs, and all the other benefits that would’ve come from keeping their employees closer than several continents away.

Fascinating times. Your point isn’t missed about this not being the ideal time to try proactive things, and yet, with budgets on people’s minds, if I gave you a way to dump a building by dumping employees back into their dens, would that save a business money?

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-4370 Scot Herrick Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:23:04 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-4370 <a href="#comment-4369" rel="nofollow">@Rosie Sherry</a> - Nice! @Rosie Sherry -
Nice!

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-6151 Scot Herrick Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-6151 <a href="#comment-4369" rel="nofollow">@Rosie Sherry</a> - Nice! @Rosie Sherry -
Nice!

]]> By: Rosie Sherry http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-4369 Rosie Sherry Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:15:55 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-4369 Have you looked into the coworking movement? At the moment it is has attracted more web types than other people, but it is increasingly attracting all types of people who want flexiblitity in their lifestyle. It's mostly for people who work for themselves (freelancers or small businesses), but there's a small trickle of 'employees' who use it as an option too. There's a wiki, of course, http://coworking.pbwiki.com/ Have you looked into the coworking movement? At the moment it is has attracted more web types than other people, but it is increasingly attracting all types of people who want flexiblitity in their lifestyle. It’s mostly for people who work for themselves (freelancers or small businesses), but there’s a small trickle of ‘employees’ who use it as an option too.

There’s a wiki, of course, http://coworking.pbwiki.com/

]]> By: Rosie Sherry http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/comment-page-1/#comment-6150 Rosie Sherry Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:15:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/2008/07/08/nomadic-career-management/#comment-6150 Have you looked into the coworking movement? At the moment it is has attracted more web types than other people, but it is increasingly attracting all types of people who want flexiblitity in their lifestyle. It's mostly for people who work for themselves (freelancers or small businesses), but there's a small trickle of 'employees' who use it as an option too. There's a wiki, of course, http://coworking.pbwiki.com/ Have you looked into the coworking movement? At the moment it is has attracted more web types than other people, but it is increasingly attracting all types of people who want flexiblitity in their lifestyle. It’s mostly for people who work for themselves (freelancers or small businesses), but there’s a small trickle of ‘employees’ who use it as an option too.

There’s a wiki, of course, http://coworking.pbwiki.com/

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