Ask Slashdot: Would You Take a Pay Cut To Telecommute?

coondoggie writes "IT pros want to telecommute — so much so that more than one-third of those surveyed by Dice.com said they would take a pay cut for the chance to work full time from home. In a survey conducted by the careers site, 35% of technology professionals said they would sacrifice up to 10% of their salaries for full-time telecommuting. The average tech pro was paid $79,384 last year, according to Dice's annual salary survey, which means a 10% pay cut is equivalent to $7,900 on average."

Comments

On the contraary

[Wireless Joe]

I work from home sometimes with a wife and four kids. I'd take a pay cut to be forced to go into the office.

Re:Yes.. well... no.. but no but yes

[Locke2005]

On the bright side, if you telecommute you can be getting a blowjob while working at your computer! Try doing that at work! (I did... does anybody know of any companies hiring programmers in the Portland, Oregon area?)

Re:not logical

[EdIII]

I can work in the buff and no one knows, except Slashdot I guess.

Unless you forget to turn off your webcam.

I had a glorious couple of months telecommuting till the "incident". There was some fall out, and psychological care needed for some in the conference room.

Later on, some people told me that watching me via webcam (when I knew it was on) was like watching evolution backwards. After a month and half they wondered if I just sat a semi-shaved ape in front of the monitor with a banana.

Re:Careful what you wish for

[man_of_mr_e]

So you're saying I could move to india after starting to telecommute? Sweet.

Re:Yes

[cjb658]

s/"smart enough"/"not desirable enough to the opposite sex"

Re:Careful what you wish for

[bennomatic]

No, what the GP is saying is that you could hire somebody in India to do your job for you and take on a second job in all your spare time.