Telecommuting Jobs 4 You

I hadn’t heard of this concept until recently - the idea of creating a workspace where freelance workers or contract workers can get together and rent cubicles in an open office space. Supposedly freelancers are lonely people. (Who knew?!) This loneliness can be combated by working with people in a similar situation - such as a unique workspace that provides such amenities as phone service, high speed Internet, fax service and the proverbial water cooler.

It sounds interesting, yet personally, I hate the thought of paying for a cubicle after I fought to get a job where I didn’t have to go to one every day anymore. I didn’t like my little gray cubicle, especially since I was never allowed to hang more than 1 personal item in it - company rules. The idea of cubicles is evil. Enough said.

So, what would be the upside to renting this type of office space? I guess if I were really lonely I would rent a space so I could be around other people, but then again, I could always get a group of people together on Meetup.com, agree to hang out at a local coffee shop and whip out our laptops there. It would be less expensive, and I wouldn’t feel like I had to dress up or keep my workspace neat everyday.

If anyone reading this has rented such a workspace, please share with us your thoughts and experiences. For now, I’m going to hang out in my living room happily typing on my laptop which rests on a folding table… and I’m going to watch t.v. while working. For me, that is a pretty good perk.

~~Charlotte