WAH Moments: Flexible time
By Sasha on Oct 29, 2008 in Work at Home
One of the things I was lucky enough to get when I was still a corporate rat was a flexible time schedule. I am a night person. I function well at night. I can think straight when dusk sets in. So I always made it a point to ask for a flexible time schedule from my bosses. And I was lucky enough to get it.
Typical Filipino office time starts at 8 or 8:30 in the morning and it normally ends at 5pm onwards, depending on the 8 hours required by most companies. Since I live in Quezon City and traffic in the morning is horrible, I need to allot at least 2 hours travel time going to Makati City. If you take the MRT, you can slash 30 minutes from the travel time. Now if I want to come in on time by say 8am, I need to be able to get out of the house by 6am. Since I am a wash-and-wear type of person, I just need an hour tops to prepare for work. With that time frame, I need to wake up around 5am. Now that I cannot do.
That is the reason I ask for a flexible time schedule. I could wake up around 8am, be ready before 9am and be in the around 10am since it’s past the rush hour. I stay until 8 or 9 in the evening and go home past the rush hour.
Now that I work at home, of course, rush hour is something I am not worried about anymore. I work in a flexible time schedule that I really love. I know the best time of the day that I am productive. I know when I am least effective in coming up with ideas.
And the best thing about working at home?
I need not keep looking at the clock to check if it’s time for me to go home already. I’m always home! 
I am an accountant, a CPA. I'd been working for 10 years as a corporate rat when I decided to quit. I am now working at home as a consultant and full time blogger.
Major Tom | Oct 29, 2008 | Reply
Modern work system such as flexible time is such a boon for the modern worker. I bet our government agencies could be as flexible and efficient at the same time.
inyang | Oct 29, 2008 | Reply
lucky lucky you!
wiehanne | Oct 30, 2008 | Reply
“I need not keep looking at the clock to check if it’s time for me to go home already.” lol.. My colleagues and I used to be like that too. We would prepare to go back 5 minutes before the time.
Cause the company was quite far and we used company’s car to go back.
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arielle | Oct 30, 2008 | Reply
I’m actually starting to work at home as well and i could only sing…
“And I’ll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time
To be more than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the time of my life
Time of my life..”
haha!
Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry" | Oct 31, 2008 | Reply
Nice that you can work from home! Love your clock!
shiela | Oct 31, 2008 | Reply
you are such a lucky woman to be able to work at home sis
buti ka pa. with the type of my job, no way na i can stay at home 
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mixednuts | Oct 31, 2008 | Reply
I too am looking forward to a new job which will allow me to work at home. I want to be around my kids and make some money.
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joie | Nov 3, 2008 | Reply
I like to work at home too the problem is the only available to job for me at home is scrubbing the floor, cooking, cleaning the bathroom..