Originally Posted by
njd1
Yes.
Note that they reinforce the idea that you're being paid by warning you that when you go home you need to approach every day as if you were going to the training center. Get up early, have breakfast, start at 8AM, end at 5PM....or if you're like everyone else in my class that has the "deer in the headlights look", work until you have to go to bed in order to get reasonably good sleep -- for me, 8 hours.
My advice: if you have a family, etc. prime the pump now and let them know that while you may be home, you'll be working and should not be disturbed. You will need every bit of the two weeks at home (and then some) to meet the required hours to complete the ethos training course. It's ridiculously easy to get behind. Don't let that happen.
Or go to the local library or Starbucks. Staying at home and not being distracted is hard.
I am pretty sure you don't get per diem when you are at home. It used to add $500+ to your paycheck when they had Systems in STL.