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After working for my company for over 2 years, they have decided they do not want me to work from home anymore and are offering me an ultimatum - come into the office 5 days a week, or they will “terminate my employment contract”.
Let me start by saying I don’t think this is a unfair request - they have a right to ask this of me, except, it’s one that I cannot fulfill without damaging my family.
When I started working for my company I pulled the normal hours required 9-6:30 in the office. I woke up at 5am, caught a train at 6:24am and was at my job by 8:30/9am. After over 9 hours in the office, I would catch a train back home, where I didn’t return until after 9pm most nights. After almost a year of commuting near 5 hours a day, and losing all time with my 3 children, I asked if I could work from home. They gave me a trial run, and since I was successful and just as productive as I was in the office, they allowed me to continue working from home as I have for over a year now.
And now, they have decided this isn’t in the cards for me anymore, and I have to come back to the office - or basically be fired.
There really is no choice here for me - choose between my work, and the job I have given countless hours of my life to- or spending time with my three children. I don’t want to be a weekend parent.
SO, that being said, I need a new job ASAP- working from home. I can commute to NYC 1-2 days a week if necessary. So if you are hiring, or know of someone who is, please contact me and I can share my portfolio, resume and any other pertinent information. I’d really like a full time gig, but I’d be just as happy freelancing as long as the work is steady (I’m a single mother - I still have to support my three children).
Tomorrow I’m going to be porting CSSgirl over to my new host (Media Temple) and CSSgirl may experience periodic downtime. Or it may not :P
Also, tomorrow the new CSSgirl theme will go LIVE along with a brand new article! Thanks for the patience!
I have to apologize for basically falling off the face of the earth!
A lot of you aren’t familiar with me personally, and because of this I understand why people became annoyed when I stopped publishing articles as frequently.
I love to blog, and I love web design and development, but sometimes this little thing called life pulls me away from the “blogosphere” ;) For those not familiar - I have three small children - 7 & under. I also have a full time job as web developer and I freelance - after all of that I have only a few moments to spare for CSSgirl.
But thankfully, I’ve sorted out my time spectacularly now, and I have seven great new articles in the works to be published in the upcoming week (or two). I also have my new theme almost ready to go live AND I’m moving CSSgirl from my old webhost (Micfo) to my new host (Media Temple).
I have a lot of work ahead of me in the coming weeks, and I hope everyone will bear with me as CSSgirl has hit some growing pains.
To satisfy your web dev and design cravings I strongly suggest you take a gander at CSS Tricks, CSS Globe and Noupe.
Also - the three themes that were not chosen from September’s vote will be available for download and use within the next 30 days!
Dark Rainbow!
I want to thank each and every person who voted. It was very close at the end and Dark Rainbow beat out Whiteboard by just one vote!
Now, what happens next?
Well, I have taken all of the comments and suggestions you guys left in the comments and have been working on making Dark Rainbow easily work for everyone. Some noted that the light gray text on black background wasn’t enough contrast, so I’ve upped the contrast for better readability. I’ve made other minor design changes (organization of content), and will be launching CSSgirl on Dark Rainbow within the next two weeks!
What about the other themes?
Well, here’s the best news for those who voted for one of the three other themes: I’m converting each one of these to generic Wordpress themes for free use! Those themes will be ready within the next month and I’ll make an announcement of where you can demo and download them.
Once again I appreciate all the votes and comments. :)
In the beginning of 2006 I launched CSSgirl. I moved all the content from my old site (triplelproductions.com) and started CSSgirl Designs with a brand new design. Over time I’ve changed the design a bit, adding and removing sections, images and content.
Since last summer I’ve been planning a redesign, but I just can’t settle on one that I am happy with. So, I would like to have some feedback from the people who visit my site- who see it regularly!
I have four designs that I’ve created that I am deciding between. View them and let me know your opinions - good or bad! Two have already been coded, two are just image mockups:
Vote for your favorite:
(PS: If you vote for “something else entirely”, let me know WHY. otherwise I’m going to remove that choice because I won’t know which direction people are looking for! Your comments won’t hurt my feelings, I promise!)
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Voting ends September 1st, 2008.
The three designs I do not choose will be converted into free Wordpress themes (and Movable Type too, if I find the time!) :)
Please leave comments with suggestions, criticisms, etc!
