Comment Emergencies and Inconveniences (Score 2, Interesting) 174
In preparing for Y2K my boss and company arranged many contingency plans not only within business centers, but to the point where I had a complete development environmet set up at home. When 9/11 occured and access to NYC was restricted we were all told to stay home until further notice unless critical customer facing support required us to return to the office. My entire department covered their jobs from home.
Several hurricanes and nor'easters and snowstorms have limited access to our offices. Even last weeks Republican National Convention was considered a severe enough inconvenience that policy was "work from home if you can" and I did. I put in at least 2 12 hour days because without the commute I had no reason to get up from the computer.
We have reached a point where everything possible we can do from home instead of the office has already been arranged thanks to broadband, VPN, instant messaging, VOIP, and VNC. We are at the point where it is a simple question "Will I get more accomplished if I work from home today?"
You live in Florida, Hurricane country, but the same would apply to wildfires, earthquakes, tornados, flooding, and any of the newsworthy weather that comes from the Atlantic Ocean.
If local, regional, state or federal authorities have ever restricted travel or access in your area for any weather or "act of god" reason, or really anywhere for Homeland Security reasons, your company should have a stated policy about those possible events. The company should also have business contingency plans for such events.
Remember, your family and their safety and comfort is your real first priority job. Where you go to work is just what you do to pay for it. Let your fight or flight reflex guide you.
As I have been composing this I have received an e-mail notice for "National Emergency Preparedness Month". Check the Homeland Security web page for details.
Several hurricanes and nor'easters and snowstorms have limited access to our offices. Even last weeks Republican National Convention was considered a severe enough inconvenience that policy was "work from home if you can" and I did. I put in at least 2 12 hour days because without the commute I had no reason to get up from the computer.
We have reached a point where everything possible we can do from home instead of the office has already been arranged thanks to broadband, VPN, instant messaging, VOIP, and VNC. We are at the point where it is a simple question "Will I get more accomplished if I work from home today?"
You live in Florida, Hurricane country, but the same would apply to wildfires, earthquakes, tornados, flooding, and any of the newsworthy weather that comes from the Atlantic Ocean.
If local, regional, state or federal authorities have ever restricted travel or access in your area for any weather or "act of god" reason, or really anywhere for Homeland Security reasons, your company should have a stated policy about those possible events. The company should also have business contingency plans for such events.
Remember, your family and their safety and comfort is your real first priority job. Where you go to work is just what you do to pay for it. Let your fight or flight reflex guide you.
As I have been composing this I have received an e-mail notice for "National Emergency Preparedness Month". Check the Homeland Security web page for details.
