Comments on: The Unfair Advantage of Telecommuting http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive Is Telecommuting Still an Option in an Economic Downturn? « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64275 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:22:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64275 [...] year ago, the outlook for corporate telecommuting seemed optimistic.  More and more businesses and government agencies were taking the risk to allow their [...]

]]> By: Things I Learned This Week (Vacation Day Edition) « Kreblog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64274 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:13:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64274 [...] waste (on average) 38 hours stuck in traffic [...]

]]> By: Ben http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64273 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:09:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64273 The 38 hours a year is interesting but that is only the time you are stuck in traffic, that is not the real difference between a telecommuter and someone who has to drive into work everyday in the US.

To get that have to add that to the average commute per year (approx 26 minutes one way according to Omnibus Household Survey).

So….26 minutes, twice a day, 40 weeks a year would be a little over 170 hours a year.

So you are looking at over 200 hours a year difference in total, i.e. at least 5 weeks a year (on average) of ‘wasted’ time vs. telecommuting.

]]> By: Berislav Lopac http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64272 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:33:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64272 Oh, come on, as if all don’t disadvantages of commuting can’t be negated. Listen to voicebooks, podcasts or language learning CD-s while in the car; do some work when stuck by texting and mobile phone calls; switch your car’s AC to air circulation; and of course drive an electric car.

;)

]]> By: avianto http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64271 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:54:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64271 Only 38 hours a year? Well, I consider that a small deal. With rough calculation, I stuck in traffic 144 hours a year (or 6 days a year) and I only went to work 3 days a week and caught in traffic more or less 1 hour a day. To add more pain, the internet connection is slow and unreliable so telecommuting is out of question too.

That’s the fact of living in a big and crowded metropolitan city in a developed country, so please, count most of you lucky, OK?

]]> By: Josh http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64270 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:11:53 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/unfair-advantage-of-telecommuting/#comment-64270 Not only do you save the time (or bill for it, whatever), but you also contribute to lower environmental impact by not burning 26 gallons of fuel.

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