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By: Library clips :: A review on Teleworking / Telecommuting / Distributed Work :: June :: 2009

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:35:49 +0000

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By: Reasons for Telecommuting

Reasons for Telecommuting — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:53:08 +0000

The high hopes for distance working are often overstated. It works best for self-starters and entrepreneurs that have some previous business experience.

For most people online work opportunities amount to either slave labor or MLM schemes. This includes the mommy bloggers.

Working online is more than having the right gadgets, but it does not hurt to keep dreaming and keep searching.

By: aullman

aullman — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:58:43 +0000

It might be easier to get buy-in for telecommuting options if management had a higher degree of confidence in the infrastructure and facilities utilized by telecommuters.

Remote Office Centers might go a long way towards providing that confidence. ROCs lease individual offices, internet and phone systems to workers from different companies in shared centers located around the city and suburbs.

There are several advantages to ROCs:
1. Improved infrastructure (reliable internet and phone systems)
2. Improved structure. It is easier to start and stop the work day when you have a place to go each day to work.
3. Social contact with other workers.
4. Onsite technical support

ROCs are fairly new, but can be found in many cities by searching the internet for “Remote Office Centers” or by going to a free web site that lists ROCs:

http://www.remoteofficecenters.com

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Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:00:37 +0000

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By: ngmatthews

ngmatthews — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:23:09 +0000

The risk mitigation of a distributed workforce is underplayed by many organisations.

At first this sounds like hype against terrorist attacks and natural disasters, but how much lost time could be made up by reducing employee exposure to epidemics of the common cold.

By: Matsu

Matsu — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:27:51 +0000

It’s interesting that the recent gas shortage has in fact fueled the move towards telecommuting (telework).

In fact, the parts of the federal government (judiciary branch) is pushing employees to learn how to telework and providing training in order to provide them the knowledge to set up the technology to support teleworking. I know because my wife is one of those trainers.

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Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:14:22 +0000

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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:48:41 +0000

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By: David Leffler

David Leffler — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:33:13 +0000

Here’s an amazing story on telecommuting that almost EVERYONE seems to have missed:
http://staringatstrangers.typepad.com/staring_at_strangers/2008/09/eight-five-perc.html

Hey you reporters out there, how about doing a feature article on this???

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:02:43 +0000

Our execs just decided to paint the walls a cheerful color. They said, “No one shows up to work because it is so gloomy”. blink blink… No, no one shows up because they are saving gas and getting more done by TELECOMMUTING!