Six Questions To Ask Before Telecommuting

Lucas123 writes "With gas prices 30% higher this summer over last, telecommuting is back on everyone's radar. According to a Computerworld story, however, IT and telecommuting don't have a great record of success. For example, citing negative impacts on productivity, HP ended its telecommuting policy for hundreds of workers two years ago, and this year, Intel began requiring more than half the teleworkers in its IT group to report to the office at least four days a week. So before leaping, some questions you should ask as a manager if you're considering telework include: How will you define and measure performance? Will creativity suffer? What about employees stuck in the office?"

Comments

Re:so you can make $0 while you wait for other peo

[Antique Geekmeister]

Oh, simplify that. Anytime a manager is late or misses a meeting, take the cost of employee salaries at that meeting directly out of the manager's salary. And charge double if the manager reschedules at the last minute, and triple if they switch what the meeting is about. (It's been an issue at work lately.)

If they actually do show up, charge make them pay for the coffee and donuts, out of their own pocket, not the company funds.

Re:How likely are your employees likely to slack o

[chappel]

Gosh - I'd assumed Initech closed after the building burned.