Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category

Sounds like getting broadband everywhere is now a national security planning issue.
In an article that’s a bit eerie, companies are discussing having security guards keep sick people from coming to work!
Telecommuting again is - in theory - part of the contingency planning.
I think it’s mostly talk at this point. I hadn’t heard about an actual [...]

I saw this job listing for an Accounts Payable Specialist. It includes the opportunity to telecommute under certain circumstances.
The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for processing accounts payable including the payment of claims and trade invoices and associated communication.

Process claims and trade check runs which includes obtaining proper authorization for invoices.
Process claims refunds, stop payments, [...]

Telecommuting in Birmingham? Get some extra cash!
From The Birmingham Business Journal
CommuteSmart said it will give commuters $2 a day for three months if they choose an alternative to driving alone to work. The money will be given to commuters who choose to carpool, telework, take transit, bike or walk to work.
The other incentive program [...]

Did you tell yourself you’d love to live out a suitcase or backpack, “telecommuting” across the globe?
Here are some good clues that you could be kidding yourself!
From LIPLiving

You have never owned a passport nor do you plan to.
You don’t like trying new things - like food, drinks, activities.
You already have your life plan all mapped [...]

This isn’t the main thrust of the article, but I found this interesting:
General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan expressed strong support for the idea, saying she’d like to see half of all eligible employees at the GSA telecommuting by 2010.
Related link: You can start working at home with this special offer. 

Georgia Employers may be eligible for a tax credit worth up to $20,000 for helping their employees telework. You can read more here…
Georgia is the first state in the nation to offer a teleworking tax credit for the 2008 tax year, but employers must act quickly to take advantage of the credit before the October [...]

Lots of people dream about being able to live anywhere or work anywhere. They usually mean relocating and moving their junk from point A to point B. Or at least getting new junk at point B.
Here’s the advice of someone who lives out of a large suitcase and works from a laptop computer.
What is it? [...]

Here’s a conversation over at Web Worker Daily on that subject.
Here were some comments folks passed on:
Comment 1: The trick is the same as what you need to get a good [Real Life]  job: networking.
What changes is the venue.
Between my advocacy work, forum participation, and (regrettably small) clipbook, I find myself in a situation [...]

It would help if federal employees stopped losing their laptop computers…
From Information Week
Telework ExchangeSM, a public-private partnership, found that 94% of federal chief information security officers don’t think telework programs are a threat to security. Still, 63% said that securing mobile devices is their top priority, according to the study (PDF), which Hewlett-Packard(HP) supported.
The [...]

Full time telecommuters are actually rare - 2% of the workforce.
Here is one who is a full time internal auditor. Living east of her job’s base in San Francisco, she gets a jump on the business day which may help too.
From the Great Falls Montana Tribune:
Her computer hooks into the company’s computer [...]