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Natalie Cooper:
I'd like to showcase a blog I've just been introduced to. Mr Moof is a mobile working expert at Microsoft. His real name is James McCarthy, and he considers himself a 'moofer'. Yes, that's right, a moofer. A 'moofer' is apparently part of a new generation of flexible workers, where staff have the power to choose where, when and how they want to work
McCarthy describes mooting as: "A loose acronym based on the term 'Mobile Out of Office', and describes someone who is working from a location best suited to the task in hand, whether that be in the office, at home, or in another location.
"Technology has freed us from our desks. While UK workers clamour for a more flexible working lifestyle, many companies still cling to the outdated practice of presenteeism, where workers are measured on input - hours worked, rather than the output of their endeavours," he says.
"Mooting is a response to this, and while it's championed primarily by a new generation of workers who can see little logic in the nine-to-five, older generations are also beginning to question the practices currently in place, while realising the benefits that mobile technologies can bring."
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Post by Steve Miller on 2 8.11.0 7
Can we really give 100% when moofing? There is something very important about being in the office to do our work. I think our emotion is much...