Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

Joel Kotkin’s article “Suburbia’s Not Dead Yet” was of great interest to me since I just got back from a 5000 mile road trip cross country to see the state of the heart land so to speak.
With gas prices soaring (I saw prices as high as $4.23 for unleaded regular with no ethanol), with talk [...]

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson told his department heads to promote flexible schedules and telework.
Sounds like a plan.
As Federal and State governments lose Baby Boomers they are going to have to do this anyway to attract younger workers who tend to hate the bureaucracy.  To tolerate the baloney, they’re going to need to be bribed.
They [...]

Work from home – Save $38 Billion!
A survey by the public-private teleworking partnership Telework Exchange has concluded that encouraging those who can work from home to do so for two days a week, rather than commute into work, would save 9.7 billion gallons of gas or $38.2bn.
This is an interesting statistic. Workers certainly care if [...]

Breitbart:
Jack Heacock, senior vice president at the Telework Coalition, a group promoting telecommuting, said the practice is moving beyond traditional areas such as call centers to other industries, even in manufacturing, where technology and service workers may be able to perform tasks from home.
“In the last six months we have been getting an increased [...]

It’s funny but she was just visiting family. Evidently she planned to come back to Boston. Still, I suppose there were security concerns. Other potential Venezuelan telecommuters had temporarily bought out all the South American stock  of Boston Red Sox ball caps and English as a Second Language instructors struggled to help potential applicants learn [...]

From Dane’s blog
The Outpost:
You Should…
Let your neighbors know that you ARE employed, you just work from home. In this messy economy, people may suspect the worst when they suddenly realize your car no longer leaves the driveway at 6 a.m. Be proactive before donated canned goods arrive on your doorstep.
You Shouldn’t…
Farm out your work to [...]

This article is basically about “How to ask to work at home”.
It suggests a good point though… as the price of gasoline rises, utilities rise, etc. companies in a bad economy may have a new incentive to let you work at home.
If they have enough “dark cubicle” days, they could see savings in electricity, heating, [...]

From WSLS
Send your employees home so they can get some work done. It’s the way to go, said Virginia Tax Commissioner Janie Bowen, who oversees a teleworkforce of  616 — or 62 percent of the Department of Taxation’s nearly 1,000 statewide employees. “It turned out to be an incredibly good business decision,” she said. Bowen [...]

There’s lots of good general information on the website, but here’s the burning question I think you really want to know:
Q: How do I find a telework job with the Federal Government?
A: The USAJOBS website lists all available Federal Government positions. Positions that may be telework eligible are not generally designated differently than other [...]

This is from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Richardson (R-Hiram), sent a memo to state House staffers Friday announcing a trial teleworking schedule over the summer. The House’s 120 secretaries, researchers and other staffers will work one day a week from home to save fuel.
Here’s my suggestion: Since most lawmakers never actually read any legislation they [...]