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Telecommute: Why Not?

Why can't we all work from home? It'd be great! Then, only Delivery Drivers would be driving around. Plus, we could just "focus on work" and stop dilly-dallying with guesses. Below is Wired's point of view.

Two decades later, however, most workers still trudge to the office. Though a third of the more than 150 million working Americans telecommute at least occasionally, most do so just a few days each month. Only 40 percent of companies permit any sort of work-at-home arrangement, which means most insist on full-time attendance. According to a 2006 survey by the Telework Exchange, the top fear among resisters is that they'll lose control of their employees, ..

Couldn't agree more with the $1200 savings from not driving to work. This is a sure fire way to "give a noticeable raise" without a raise. = Otherwise, if it makes your boss feel better. Tell him you have put in a buzzing florescant light & painted the walls gray, and constantly smell an odorous bathroom. (At least, it's your own, and not your co-workers!)

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