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Sue
Q3: November 20, 2009 - A great blog post by Jim Lynch a few days ago discussed the issues of Community Managers telecommuting. Do you work remotely for a company? Does it work for you? How would you go about persuading a company to allow you to work remotely especially, for a new post?
November 20
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Here's a link to the post for you to read after cmtychat ;) http://www.extremetech.com/article...
- Sue
Telecommuting is not an option for me but I often end up working from home after hours LOL
- Arié Moyal
There are some great CM's like @TanMcG but she is in Canada and says there are not so many CM roles opening up for her there. Remote work would be great for peeps like that.
- Sue
I am allowed to telecommute randomly. It isn't a set schedule, my boss likes us to be here - he feels we have more synergy (over used term but accurate) when we are all here and chatting back and forth.
- Lee Anne Orange
Amen @Sue. I really appreciated that post. Jim sounds very qualified and to hear that he is having this struggle too gave me some hope that things may open up re: the role of CM not needing to be tied to a desk/office.
- Tanya McGinnity
Same here Lee Anne :)
- Arié Moyal
I'm in Canada too - Some jobs are opening up here
- Arié Moyal
What do you all think about the current job market for CM's? Are we seeing more roles or less?
- Sue
I think that when you're looking at small start-up companies (like mine) or larger companies that haven't entirely bought in to SM yet, where being in person *feels* important, whether for "critical mass", or to help win people over to the cause. I think there are some really great folks who can do it remotely though, but I'm not sure where I'd begin in trying to convince a new employer on the subject.
- Marie Connelly
I defonitely think we're seeing more and even the roles of bloggers/journalists are requiring more and more CM savvy
- Arié Moyal
@Marie. Yes it would be a touch sell. Many CM's comment that its hard getting upper management to take on board community members concerns. Perhaps if one worked remotely it makes it difficult to overcome that.
- Sue
I think the reduced infrastructure costs might appeal to some companies
- Arié Moyal
Quieter day today. In that vein I have posted question 4.
- Sue
Glad you mentioned Jim's post. I do much of my work remotely but that often presents another problem--no clear end to the work since with community, you can never be done. So I am working on trying to strike a balance and managing inputs to work as effectively as I can. But that's another story!
- Megan Keane