HP Elitebook, dock, keyboard, mouse, and 2x FullDH 21.5 inch monitors have arrived.
Still waiting on printer/scanner (likely a Xerox) and my cell, prolly iPhone 10 (blech).
Wonder if I’ll get the Bluetooth headset I requested. It’s an accommodation for hearing loss.
Shiz’s gettin’ real!
Are you going to do the job you have now from home?
Yes. I didn’t ask for my position to be switched, my boss announced it at huddle one morning. Told her I was looking for a trucking job as I wanted to switch things up. Next thing I knew I also had a raise.
How did you get into this? 
I wanna work full time and from home.
Yes, my job doesn’t change, just where I’m doing it from. 99% of the customers I work with are remote from me in different cities around the province.
I had a friend who was working at the local insurance brokerage. He tipped me off when they were hiring a new broker. He knew of my IT background and figured I could do it. I applied and was given a shot at the job. You have three months to pass the Alberta Insurance Council Level 1 General Agent licensing exam. I managed to pass it within 3 weeks. Passed Level 2 a year later, which means I can work without supervision (Level 1 have to be under supervision of Level 2 or 3).
I’m a commercial insurance specialist, I help businesses find custom solutions that fit their needs. I have an Account Executive I work with who is more front-facing, but he’s a bit of a nightmare with paperwork. It’s understood that a good chunk of what I do is keep him organized and in compliance with organizational documentation standards. Been doing this since January 2017.
I’m sort of excited and sort of not. I have a bit of a problem with “switching off” from work. Worried that I may wind up working too much.
I used to get exhausted at a job that most people do not find stressful. At work I had two speeds, full speed ahead and reverse. I did not know how to work at a relaxed pace.
My husband struggled with this when he worked from home.
It didn’t last long, he preferred the office.
I’m sure with some discipline you can make it work fine.
I cannot focus when I work from home. It’s a shame as it would be much more convenient.
I have to travel an hour to work.
Seems good you’re being lifted out with what you need!
I’m having a bad month for doing remarkets. Everyone hates their premium and wants me to shop them around. I’ve only found one better deal out of about fourteen customers so far as we already had them matched up with the best companies. The problem is that the companies are all raising rates to get back to profitability – things have been tough for the industry lately. Means I’m getting kicked around a lot by upset customers. I grok it, I hate paying for my insurance too, but being financially ruined by a loss would be worse.
I’m coming home exhausted every day right now because of this.
I prefer the office with some caveats…
We’ll see how work from home goes. Our company actually has a branch in the town I’m moving to, but it’s tiny. Really tiny. The staff are all cheek to jowl and there are no dividers between them, all open. At least in my current office I have my own office with a door that closes. The open space and extra distraction would screw up my autism even worse that my current situation does.
Discipline might be an issue, I like staying busy. Overworking is a real threat.
That’s incredibly rude. @shutterbug is supportive and helpful. He’s worked hard tp become high functioning. Just because you refuse to let go doesn’t give you the right to put down his recovery. I’m appalled at your behavior toward one ofthe most caring people I know and consider a great friend.
If I make it through April I get to work from home. The service will give me a printer and a lockable file cabinet for my cases. I already have a laptop.
I am eying a desk at Costco I am thinking of buying and putting upstairs. We have an office downstairs but I already have my personal laptop and printers in there. I think that would disturb my wife too much if I worked out of there. And she would disturb me.
I plan to spend two days a week on the road making house/business calls.
No need for the jealousy. You can hopefully recover to a reasonable degree too. I think it’s a good thing that people can have lives after suffering such a diagnosis as sz.
I was on the IKEA site looking for a second JERKER model desk as I love the one I have and wanted another for work. They no longer make them! I can’t understand why not given how popular they were. Looking for a used one in good shape now.
What a great opportunity! I hope it works out great!! 
I’m glad you have found a well negotiated situation for work!
They probably know they’re leaning on you at the office, even if they don’t show it… to have stepped up and made things reasonable for you. Keep it going for them… that’s some job security.
well done Squirrelly, dont forget to hold on to your nuts lol 
As long as you set boundaries, it should be nice to be able to work from home. My ex-husband and I had our own convention/merchandising business in the mid 1990s and we had our offices at home. We would figure that we could just check e-mails one more time, or get a head start on the next day’s order processing, even if it was midnight and we just happened to be up. Put in more than 40 hours every week.
I’m sure you will be very successful. You’ve been working full-time regularly, so you don’t need to adjust to that, just where you work. I envy you getting to work at home!
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