Technology

Teleworkers who are proactive and get their accomplishments and their faces in front of their bosses as often as possible are actually thriving in the telework environment. And they’re also taking advantage of all the technology out there making it easier for employees and managers to connect. Webcams, video and audio conferencing, instant messaging and, of course, e-mail, are all becoming telecommuter lifelines.Telecommuting has been working out so well for Imeish that he recently turned down a more lucrative job offer from a company that wasn’t open to teleworking. “It would have required me to sit in two-hour traffic to drive to Washington, D.C. I would pull my hair out,” he says.


Telecommuting (working from home or a "remote workstation") has shown increasing attention across the United States in the last several years, as well as growing acceptance [1-38]. People commute in cars, buses, planes and trains to work and to other activities on a regular basis; commuting is part of our lives. However the actual necessity to physically change location in order to accomplish such tasks has recently been challenged on the basis of concerns for energy conservation, the impact on our environment, a refocusing on family values, and other issues. Ten advantages future workers and our society in general might see are presented and discussed.


Telecommuting or telework is a work arrangement in which employees enjoy flexibility in working location and hours based on the members. In other words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links. Many work from home, while others, occasionally also referred to as nomad workers or web commuters utilize mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee shops or other locations. Telework is a broader term, referring to substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating the distance restrictions of telecommuting.[1] A person who telecommutes is known as a "telecommuter". A frequently repeated motto is that "work is something you do, not something you travel to"