Archive for the 'Telework' Category

Increasingly urban governments - in this case a county - are allowing telecommuting. This county outside Washington DC had up to 14% participation.
From Leesburg Today
Almost 300 workers have agreed to work part-time or full-time from home in the past year, with participation among non-public safety employees growing to more than 14 percent, according to a county press […]

The Telework Consortium is a non profit trying to promote telework. They workwith public agencies and private industry in coming up with telework solutions.
Part of that is monitoring broadband availability.
They work mostly with government agencies and here’s the current “state of the art”
One of the things they’re working on is a national web based information […]

Japan is now moving to more telecommuting not just to avoid a pandemic flu outbreak but to adjust to an aging society and to encourage women to continue working after giving birth according to reports.
The government aimed to raise the number of Japanese teleworkers to about 20 percent of the entire workforce by 2010, from […]

Please note that a Tuberculosis Warning has been issued for persons travelling in the same airliner as a man with drug resistant tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is passed through the air and when it can be treated by medication, treatment requires 6 to 24 months!
Working at home or telecommuting is already being listed as a fall back response […]

Rising gas prices are increasing the prevalence of telecommuting according to the Associated Press.
When I was driving to my meeting last week, the cost of gas was $3.09 at home, reached a peak (for us) of $3.29 in Ohio, and back to $3.09 in Pennsylvania. Oddly enough, prices were dropping by the Saturday of the […]

Here’s an article I wrote on the topic Can Homesourcing Compete With Outsourcing?
My guess is that there are some cost saving measures that can tip the scales. A larger factor in my opinion is whether US call service reps produce higher customer satisfaction scores.

DirecTV may be the next company to try broadband on power lines. I’ve reported on this before when other companies entered the field.
Testing could come in a major city as early as next year, though in my opinon the technology holds the most promise for folks not already served by traditional cable or broadband.
The tests […]

Have you ever bought one of those “prepackaged planner systems” that is outrageously expensive and then most of the modules don’t seem to fit your life and business?
Then consider DIY Planners! This website offers the templates you need to begin creating your own custom planner for next to nothing. It’s free but if you […]

Work from Home Momma has some really good points to make for folks who think they can’t “work from home” because they don’t have an “office” per se.
If you CAN work from home and WANT to work from home, it’s as easy as
1. Cleaning off the kitchen table
2. Opening your laptop
3. Going to work.
4. Clearing […]

I guess websites like Newsmax are just catching on to the fact that there are people in some parts of the world who don’t have broadband. I told one city friend I didn’t have it at home and you’d have thought I’d told him I lived in a cave! But telecommuters are persevering in seeking […]