This afternoon was one of the few chances I’ve had to work from home when I’m not also feeling sick. I spent the morning at a client’s site giving them training in our managed services software platform, and my boss gave me the option of spending the balance of my workday at home instead of in transit to and from the office. Sweet!
Well, kind of. My home computer is orders of magnitude less “cool” than my office computer, and it lacks a few pieces of key software that I would normally have access to at my normal workdesk. Some of the software is available via Citrix, but that’s a) slow as molasses and b) prone to failure. Add in the slower processor and the single, smaller display and it’s a recipe for a less than fun workday.
Still, I did accomplish a few things here and there so it wasn’t a total waste of time. And, hey, I wasn’t wearing shoes the entire time. Bonus!
If I’m doing to do much more of this telecommuting business, I need some upgrades. I wonder if I can talk my boss into helping out…
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I had to use Citrix every day at my last job. It was the cause of many woes indeed. Hope your weekend has been better!
Citrix isn’t well known to me. When I telecommute, I just VPN and remote desktop to my system. It’s still a bit slower, but much less error prone I’m told. Anyway, for what it’s worth.