THE IDEAL VIRTUAL WORKER?

摘要

For years the workplace commen-tariat has been nattering on about the no-collar workplace, in which technology would turn the globe into one giant Wi-Fi-enabled kibbutz. A post-face-time world where everybody can TiVo their work. But there's a growing awareness, buttressed by new research, that working remotely is a more nuanced affair. Some people are simply not wired for the life of the digital nomad. What is to some a broadband paradise is to others an exercise in alienation. "If I work at home for more than two days, I feel a bit isolated," says Cisco Systems European Marketing Manager Tim Stone. "I tend to go to the office a couple of days a week just to have human interaction."