Kay Stephan, a business etiquette consultant in Canal Fulton, worries about what potential clients might think if they knew she worked from home.
Her business card lists her office address as Suite 203 — the third bedroom on the second floor of her house.
“I would never tell them that (I work from home),” Stephan said. “They would tend to think of my business as rinky-dink. Perception is a lot, unfortunately.”
When I ran across this article my first thought was, “old article”, then I read the date, February 6th, 2004. Huh? My guess would have been 1984.
An open letter to Ohio, home of the Beacon Journal:
Dear Ohio,
Welcome to 2004. I would like to introduce myself, my name is Ty Tribble and I am proud to be a work at home dad. If my 3 year old runs into my office and starts rambling about Star Wars on the XBOX while I am on a business call, I say, “excuse me for a moment”, let my son know that I am on the phone, he runs off, I continue my call by saying, “that was my 3 year old and he wants me to play XBOX with him, I like to consider it a corporate perk of working from home, sorry for the interuption, where were we?”
Perception will have a lot to do with your reaction. Performance will help with longterm perception as well. So if you run a home based business or work from home, PERFORM. Show people that it can be done, and then enjoy the freedom you have to go on your 6 year old daughter’s field trips and play the occasional game of Star Wars on the XBOX with your 3 year old.
Sincerely,
Ty Tribble
Work At Home Dad
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