On Tue, 01 May 2012 12:15:42 -0400, Scott Francis
<[email protected]> wrote:
the flip side of this is that tech companies (especially Internet
companies) are finally starting to realize the value of telecommute both
for employee satisfaction and reducing unnecessary opex every month
(paying for cubes is expensive).
Ours most definitely has, though relatively few of our dev-staff have
taken the offer. If my daily duties didn't involve significant at/near
office obligations I'd be very tempted to take them up on it as well. The
two hours a day my commute eats is a noticeable chunk of lost-time.
I'm not sure why it took so long, but an increasing number of companies
are looking favorably (or even strongly encouraging) remote/telecommute
work for their employees. Maybe it just took ubiquitous video chat and
webex to make the management happy
Ubiquitous AV chat is what really did it for us. Skype, G-Chat, Join.me,
G+ Hangout, all help. Since this allows us to be a 4 timezone company
without the expense of an additional office on the opposite coast, it
really helps.
It also means that the VPN is a @$&!#%@ critical line-of-business device.
When that goes down for some reason, there is a world of pain.
--
Law of Probable Dispersal:
Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
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