Miviam Schiavone, Carrie Schoen, Brian F. Ryan, Eva Mae Simmons-Brinson

To date there are approximately 8-9 million telecommuters and the numbers are growing. Telecommuting has made it possible that actually work from home, an airport, or your customer’s office. This new environment fulfills the personal needs of employees by offering a flexible schedule, which allows the employee to work from anywhere. This modernized working environment can improve productivity, enhance an employee’s motivation, and contribute to the success of the company.

The ever-changing workplace is developing into a sophisticated, technological environment. With the growing advances in technology, today’s workplace is becoming

The web-site Telework-connection.com lists several advantages for employees, employers, and the environment from telecommuting.

- Insulation from office politics and frivolous meetings

- Flexible work hours, to maximize concentrated “flow time”, and balance family/work demands

By 1973, Jack Niles, a rocket scientist working for NASA, introduces the term telecommuting. He continued to help organizations to set up telecommuting programs. By the year 2000 telecommuting is considered mainstream. Currently, more companies are implementing the telecommuting system and the concept is expanding throughout the world.

- Elimination of commuting time, costs, and stress

Telecommuting means office based employees using telecommunications to work from their homes or from an alternative place instead of commuting to work. It is also recognized as “the trip saving application of telecommunication.” (_____)

The telecommunications giant officially introduced telework in the 1980's, but managers did not pick up on it quickly. Thanks to the highly successful "Telecommuting Day" in 1994, where several executives stayed home, all that changed. Today the number of AT&T employees that work from home has grown 29 percent.

- Publications, video tapes and one-on-one consulting for employers considering how telecommuting can work for them

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