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|  Not all jobs productive for telecommuting
There are definitely jobs where telecommuting works well. And there are also jobs where it isn't productive for the company, even if it suits the employee.
Customer service employees can be easily measured and having them as telecommuters can lower costs for both employees and employers.
Jobs(like project mgrs) that need a LOT of meetings with various departments seem to be more productive in face to face meetings. While tools do exist like videoconferencing that can allow telecommuters to meet, so far they are often problematic and annoying to set up.
Over time, companies will find out which types of tasks and jobs work for telecommuters and which ones don't. One size doesn't fit all.
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| said by TKJunkMail  :There are definitely jobs where telecommuting works well. And there are also jobs where it isn't productive for the company, even if it suits the employee. Customer service employees can be easily measured and having them as telecommuters can lower costs for both employees and employers. Jobs(like project mgrs) that need a LOT of meetings with various departments seem to be more productive in face to face meetings. While tools do exist like videoconferencing that can allow telecommuters to meet, so far they are often problematic and annoying to set up. Over time, companies will find out which types of tasks and jobs work for telecommuters and which ones don't. One size doesn't fit all. I just love and hate meetings since they tell me what new and insane directions the a@@holes in-charge are taking that I have to consult later that was a bad idea. "We need daily status reports from all departments." Gee, stupid, considering you can barely read, what do you need to cut down a forest for? Plus, it takes away about 10% of productivity. Once a month was back in force after they decided they didn't want to read all those status reports, and production dropped 10% for the month.
Remember American Beauty and Lester Burnham's resume: "My job consists of mainly masking my contempt for the a@@holes in-charge while, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room to j-off to a life that doesn't so closely resemble hell." 
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said by TKJunkMail :There are definitely jobs where telecommuting works well. And there are also jobs where it isn't productive for the company, even if it suits the employee. Customer service employees can be easily measured and having them as telecommuters can lower costs for both employees and employers. Jobs(like project mgrs) that need a LOT of meetings with various departments seem to be more productive in face to face meetings. While tools do exist like videoconferencing that can allow telecommuters to meet, so far they are often problematic and annoying to set up. Over time, companies will find out which types of tasks and jobs work for telecommuters and which ones don't. One size doesn't fit all. Good points, and those things which work well will change as those tools get easier or harder to use, and work better or worse. Businesses need to keep up to date with that. |
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