I was out at dinner tonight with hubby and another couple and we were talking about working from home and how "it's not for everybody." The wife works from home and has for a really long time (and loves it) and was telling us how her husband had the hardest time adjusting to working from home. We were trying to figure out why and narrowed it down to him not being used to the many distractions that home can provide. Even when he tried going to a coffee shop he found himself distracted by nearby conversations and other things around him.
At his wife's company it appears that 80-90% of the virtual employees are female. Then, when we really thought about it...most of the people that we know that work from home are women. That is not to say that there aren't exceptions. Afterall, I do have three male co-workers who work for my company who work very well working virtually.
I haven't decided what I think about this yet but I thought it was a very interesting topic of conversation. Is there something about women that makes them inherintly better equipped to work independently from home? Or is it pure coincidence that we just happened to know a lot more women who are able to do it successfully?
Thoughts?
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There are DEFINITELY exceptions, so I don't want this to read as a blanket statement. But I believe I remember studies looking into gender differences showing that *in general* women do better at multi-tasking then men (in the same way that *in general* men are better at spacial relationships). Obviously, this can be hugely impacted by training/experience... But if true, I think it can impact the working from home experience.
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