Telecommuting in Trouble – Or Is It?
March 10th, 2008 Posted in General
A recent column in the Wall Street Journal pulls together a series of reports on retrenchments in telecommuting policies: AT&T, Intel, HP, and the federal government have all pulled some employees back into the office from existing telework programs. Business consolidation, security worries, and a desire for more face-to-face interaction all played a part in these widely-publicized losses for telecommuting.
And yet, the telecommuting landscape is not entirely bleak. Last year, 135 employers in Georgia instituted new telework programs, helping to cut down on traffic and pollution and improve the quality of life for the affected employees.