Working From Home Quotes

“In Berlin, I worked from home, were the only other women sat sedately on my bookshelves. They were good company, it has to be said, but a little quiet.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“The mummy Amennakht was over three thousand years old and on his third set of replacement fingers, but this didn't severely impact his typing speed. On a good day, he was capable of about sixty-five words per minute.

It was useful to be able to work from home -- he hated the word telecommute, he wasn't commuting at all, that was the point -- when you couldn't exactly go out in public without people noticing certain peculiarities in your personal appearance. Nobody cared what you looked like when you existed solely as a source of e-mails and completed assignments.”
― Vivian Shaw, Grave Importance

“To start building your remote culture, establish and share some basic rules. The first and most important rule is mutual trust between the company and its workers. The rules after that? As few as possible. Tell your employees they will be treated like adults with the flexibility to get the job done however is best for them.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“Many new remote workers worry they’ll be distracted by their home life and lack the discipline to get work done. Instead, the exact opposite usually occurs: remote workers become more productive once they’re freed from a traditional office environment. Perhaps this shouldn’t be a surprise, because working remotely means fewer distractions, no commute, and the opportunity to take real breaks. Instead of the dreaded afternoon slump, you can stay fresh and energized all day.”
― Larry English, Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams

“Homeworkers embody the real American Dream. Not fame or fortune, but being your own boss. Calling your own shots. Taking control of your life, not necessarily to work more--or less--but to work the way you want to work.”
― Lionel Fisher

“She spent a lot of her life working from home in her bedroom with one customer, after another. Weekends were the busiest days for her. Men would often line up in the living room waiting their turn.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“I find it amazing that suburban women work at all, but work they must. For a new factor has been added to the old suburban formula; the need for ever-increasing amounts of cash.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, The New Suburban Woman

“If we design workplaces that permit people to find meaning in their work, we will be designing a human nature that values work,”
― Barry Schwartz, Why We Work