As I sit here at work, not having had any personal interaction with anybody all day as I do my tedious desk job, I got to thinking... Just think of all the problems that would be solved if companies would embrace telecommuting.
Less traffic as less people driving
Less driving = less oil use = less pollution
which also means less need to upgrade the road systems as you won't have the rush hour crunch that usually necessitates the upgrades
Less time commuting = less wasted hours of your life
from a companies perspective, less people physically at work means less resources they need to provide - smaller buildings, less maintenance, trash removal, electricity, etc.
Sure, they company has to be worried about people slacking off at home, but assuming the employer has an idea of what is an acceptable level of productivity, that can still be monitored whether you are at home or at work. If you aren't getting the work done, you get canned.
Given that the majority of communications where I work is either phone or email, as I assume thats the same elsewhere, there is no reason to physically be present at work. Any other hurdles can be cleared with various videoconferencing, pc remote control, etc. software.
I just think it would be a big boon to the nation as a whole to get more people working from home and less wasting so much money/resources having to commute every day. I'd even go as far as to say the government should offer some kind of financial incentive to get businesses to move to a telecommuter-friendly business model. It will only save them money in the long run.
Ok, back to my tedious desk work in isolation...
Less traffic as less people driving
Less driving = less oil use = less pollution
which also means less need to upgrade the road systems as you won't have the rush hour crunch that usually necessitates the upgrades
Less time commuting = less wasted hours of your life
from a companies perspective, less people physically at work means less resources they need to provide - smaller buildings, less maintenance, trash removal, electricity, etc.
Sure, they company has to be worried about people slacking off at home, but assuming the employer has an idea of what is an acceptable level of productivity, that can still be monitored whether you are at home or at work. If you aren't getting the work done, you get canned.
Given that the majority of communications where I work is either phone or email, as I assume thats the same elsewhere, there is no reason to physically be present at work. Any other hurdles can be cleared with various videoconferencing, pc remote control, etc. software.
I just think it would be a big boon to the nation as a whole to get more people working from home and less wasting so much money/resources having to commute every day. I'd even go as far as to say the government should offer some kind of financial incentive to get businesses to move to a telecommuter-friendly business model. It will only save them money in the long run.
Ok, back to my tedious desk work in isolation...
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