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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (74119)	10/31/2006 9:25:47 AM
From: ridingycurve	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206181

Studies show that many employees reject telecommuting when offered the opportunity. They don't want to give up the social side of the workplace and fear the prospect of isolation.

To: CommanderCricket who wrote (74119)	10/31/2006 9:36:08 AM
From: ChanceIs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206181

See also "Manhattan Rickshaw": (Maybe I should start a local service here in the Washington burbs to take folks a couple miles from their homes to the nearest Metro station. I could probably get a WiFi download of quotes and news to my handlebars, and some much needed exercise to boot. Nice synergistic value play.) When I started investing from home, my costs dropped through the floor. Easily $1.25 per day dry cleaning, $8/day automotive, lunch, etc. I figured about one hour's worth (12.5%) of my daily earnings went to the commute and keeping up appearances. And that doesn't include the value of my time spent sitting in traffic. The lack of face time does pose a problem. You say poor corporate management. I think a lot of fresh hires who intend to get ahead will want to be seen by the big bosses as much as possible. It is a shame that the quality of one's work often pales in comparison with the sales job required to get attention.

To: CommanderCricket who wrote (74119)	10/31/2006 4:56:01 PM
From: Metacomet	Respond to of 206181

...the only reason more companies are not promoting telecommunicating is the culture of face time and that boils down to poor management. Pretty much concur with this. I use the terms managing by input rather than output. Managers typically are unable or untrained to monitor work in terms of actual accomplishments. They are able to monitor timeclocks and breaks and assume that if an employee is where he is "supposed" to be, the enterprise is benefitting. Management by input. If tasks could be clearly defined, and progress against goals or milestones logically monitored, the employee could be anywhere. Seems to me that learning to manage by output would be a tremendous advantage for all.