Let’s turn to a case study from Alan Triggs, who took his first in-house role at Kentucky-based military equipment company MPD last December. There was only one down-side to the new job – it was more than a three-hour journey from home, and Mr Triggs did not want to move until the end of the school year.
Mr Triggs stayed at a temporary apartment during the week, but realised the majority of his office work could be completed at home. ‘What I noticed was that a lot of my work was email, telephone calls, and conference calls with other attorneys and other individuals all around the country,’ he says.
After gaining advice from on-line forums, Mr Triggs discussed the possibilities with his employer and agreed that he could work from home on Mondays.
Mr Triggs says he gets more work done at home than he did at the office, with his employer especially pleased that he has trouble ‘wrapping up for the day’, regularly working past his normal 5pm curfew.
Some lawyers take a more relaxed view, such as New York-based David Slater. He serves as general counsel to a set of clients without any on-site presence.
Mr Slater handles legal issues as they arise, and meets his clients on a regular basis. But he also has no problem with taking off to Florida for six weeks, working eight hours daily while regularly visiting the beach.
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