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Telecommuting at the Crossroads |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Julian Weiss |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 2,673 Words, 17,862 Characters |
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When personal computers, fax machines, and other high-tech gadgetry first appeared in offices, many assumed that telecommuting--commuting electronically--would catch on rapidly. Since the mid-1980s, however, few businesses and government agencies have taken the option. Now, insist its backers, telecommuting is taking off. "The idea is catching on faster than ever," declares Gil Gordon, publisher of Telecommuting Review newsletter. "At the same time, all the issues like auto pollution and employee productivity are on the front burner." Increasingly, he observes, traffic gridlock and professional white-collar burnout are taking their toll among those who must commute.
Supporters insist that underlying technological and workplace issues augur well for adding more than five million telec...
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.... "Formal ways of picking the participants exist, but in most companies, we are told, 'our supervisors know how to handle it.'" Experimental plans--some for one day per week or up to the full five conventional workdays--are prompted by many factors. "When you talk about family and community values," notes Whitney, "you realize one of the best ways to restore them is to keep people at home." vbcrlf
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