Posts Tagged ‘telecommuting’
January 15th, 2009 in Small Office Home Office No Comments
The nation’s current economic crisis may be spurring more companies to offer telecommuting as a work option to help retain employees and save them money. A number of states are ahead of this curve, creating telecommuting policies and encouraging companies to do the same in an effort to reduce pollution and congestion, conserve energy and increase the efficiency and productivity of employees.
This article highlights a number of statistics that confirm the growing popularity of telecommuting, including:
- From 1995-2001 telecommuting grew from a negligible number to 10.4 million people;
- 44 percent of U.S. companies offered employees telecommuting options in 2005, a 32 percent increase from 2001; and
- One in four employers is expected to offer telecommuting or compressed work schedules to employees for the first time in the next six months.
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March 3rd, 2008 in Small Office Home Office No Comments
Clogged roadways, rising gas prices and climate change worries are just some of the reasons that this article advocates a renewed push toward telecommuting for government and private employers. Unfortunately, notes the author, while many states have laws or state agency policies, there is usually little teeth and even
less follow through.
Virginia is one state that is serious about cutting commuting whenever possible. Officials there are using legislation, executive orders and agency rules to boost the number of people working from home. They have set targets, established tax breaks for employers who implement telework programs and are considering budget cuts for agencies that fail to meet telework goals. (more…)
January 23rd, 2007 in Trends No Comments
This article provides readers with an overview of how the nature of the office has changed for mobile professionals. The protagonist is a young consultant in Jakarta, who has decided to avoid battling the local traffic snarls. Instead, she sits sipping coffee at a neighborhood café as she checks a proposal and then emails it to a prospective client. Her mobile telephone keeps her in close contact with her officemates. The article proceeds to discuss a host of new and improved instrumentalities whose rising effectiveness and falling prices are allowing ever greater numbers of workers to occupy virtual offices. New methods of communicating like VoIP are discussed, as are new services like Ibackup which allow people to collaborate in cyberspace.
Source: The Jakarta Post; Jan 23, 2007
January 1st, 2007 in Trends No Comments
Coffee Shop ‘Offices’ And Telecommuting Are On The Rise, Trend Spotters Predict
This article warns that Wi-Fi shops and other “defacto offices” will be far more crowded in 2007 as people start setting some boundaries between their hectic careers and their personal lives. “It’s a way of getting out of the home offices. We need to walk out of the front door to go to work.” Trying to slow down and separate home and work is looming as one of the big trends of the year. Exacerbating this situation is another trend spotted by this author – the number of telecommuters will rise in 2007 because people want to avoid “supercommutes” in an era of high gas prices and environmental concerns. The authors advice? Arrive early to secure a good spot!
Source: Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post Gazette; Jan 1, 2007
