Homie-sourcing

          Wikipedia defines homesourcing as “the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities”.  In other words, it’s people who work at home.  They’re still employed through a company, but instead of working in an office building, the “office” might be anything from the kitchen table to the Jacuzzi tub in the master bathroom.  Sounds pretty sweet, huh?  That’s what most people and companies have been thinking, which is why homesourcing is a quickly growing trend in the business world.  That’s right, there’s trends in the business world, and they are awesome.

            Since technological advances are coming about faster and faster, customers are getting crabbier and crabbier because they’re too dense to figure this new stuff out.  Therefore, customer service needs to get better and faster.  Researchers believe that people who work at home (homesourcers) are happier, and therefore, get more work done.  I guess this makes sense, who wouldn’t be happier working at home?  Hmmm, let’s think here…would I rather be in a stuffy office filled with people who I don’t even like, or in my comfy bed-I mean home office-working around people who I like some of the time (my family).

            Many people are pretty excited about this new homesourcing thing.  Who wouldn’t want to “work” at home all day and get paid for every moment of it?  Of course, this “work” may consist of running errands, doing chores, preparing dinner for the family, yelling at naughty children, and so on.  So basically, you do all the other junk you need to get done, then finish the minimum requirement for your work, getting paid for every sweet minute of it.  Who cares if you’re ripping the company off?  I’m sure they would rip you off too if they had the chance.  Have you been checking your paychecks lately?  Maybe they have been ripping you off this whole time and you don’t even know it…

            Some people argue that homesourcing is only for those who are anti-social.  I mean, they are working by themselves, in a dark and secluded area…actually, I don’t know if it’s dark, but it’s definitely secluded.  What kind of person likes to stay at home all by themselves? The answer is an anti-social one.  Of course, there are these “virtual offices” so that the homesourcers can stay connected to their office and know what they’re supposed to be doing.  But do these virtual offices have “virtual water coolers” that the employee can “stand” next to and “chat” with “co-workers”?  I think not.             

In conclusion, this homesourcing thing seems to be catching on pretty quickly.  Who knows-maybe you’ll end up with a job where you can lay around all day…I mean, work diligently on assigned tasks.  I wouldn’t mind having a job like that.

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