Telecommuting Is Taking The Place Of The Daily Drive To Work

July 31, 2010

Telecommuting or e-commuting is an arrangement where the company grants some latitude on the place where the employee works from. Traditionally this has mostly concerned personnel who Work From Home either full time or part time. In 2008 it was estimated that 50 million US workers may well work from home, nevertheless only 2.7 million employees said this was their place of work. The amount of occasional tele-commuters was around 17.2 million, but a lot of them spent time in cafes or other places where they could obtain access to a wireless link.

The proliferation in laptops and notebooks and UMD’s is making the practice of using a pc in a public place, akin to reading a book or writing a note in a diary. With no wires or power cords required, and only the space needed for a small plate, the social acceptance of these mobile devices is increasing steadily.Large groups of co-workers nicknamed “Jellies” are getting together in cafes or other locations, to talk about work, or just to socialise and to alleviate the loneliness common with personnel who Work From Home.

Most Online Jobs could be accomplished from home or a separate remote location. In spite of this the take up is somewhat slow. By 2011 the US Government envisages a growth of 65% in remote workers. Private industry envisages that their remote personnel associated with Internet Business will grow by 35%. The Federal Government is vigorously pushing for more tele-commuting. This is not an selfless action by them as the amount of financial savings is quite staggering. By permitting employees to Work From Home they envisage that a whopping $13.9 Billion USD could saved yearly on commuting costs. Tied to that same saving would be a year on year decrease in pollutants by 21.5 Billion lbs.

Social networking technology is also filling the gap that office socialising once filled. One of the benefits of Online Jobs is that employees can switch from a work related article to a social network site and back again at the drop of a hat. As more employers shove Internet Business out of the office and into the home and other remote locations, they will start to understand the requirement for connectivity between remote workers. Hopefully they will grant the indulgence of workers to intermittently view sites like Facebook or Twitter. Managers have to realise that isolated workers are in all probability more productive at home. Time frittered away in the office due to late starts, coffee breaks, gossiping before and after meetings etc will be substituted for some personal time used up on web browsing and domestic tasks. However overall productivity should be better as there will be less distractions and workers can opt to answer a call or e-mail immediately, or leave it till later.

UMD’s such as mini notebooks and mobile devices similar to smart phones etc are the latest group of gadgets that will transform Internet Business, and really permit remote workers to operate anywhere they want. Some devices will have partial functionality and will be modified for specific business requirements. This should lower their cost of ownership. As request for these UMD devices grows, the expansion of free wireless connectivity will also grow. Remote Online Jobs are not only the domain of the home and trendy coffee shops. Free wireless connectivity must be available in public places like malls, sports centres, parks and airports. It needs to be virtually anywhere you could potentially put in an hour of two of work and benefit from the presence of people around you. Only then will we realise true telecommuting.

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