There is a lot of time lost in an office environment to texting, phone calls, smoke breaks, going to get coffee, showing up on time but not actually doing any work for the first hour. There are as many more distractions to working in an office environment.


See, this is a part I don't buy at all. Are you saying at home someone doesn't text, have the tv on, gets up more often for coffee or a beer? So, a stay at home to work mom tells her kids, "Sorry mommy's working, I'll play with you later"?

I would say there are many more distractions at home and if a boss allows the distractions you speak of, he needs to do a better job of staff management.

MG points out the savings on office space, utilities etc. If that company owns a building, none of that goes away. I can understand a situation like yours and Mrs. Soccer. If you have a remote office in your home while your company base is in another state, that may be negotiable.

If I would have entered that realm of thought when I was in business, I would offer my staff a two-tiered payroll system. You work at home; your pay is 90% of your working associates who come to work. Afterall, you're not buying office attire. You're not paying for gas to travel back and forth. You're not eating out at a restaurant every day. You don't need as much money. Guess how many would be home?