Telework in corporate America

摘要

How does telework play in your company? Is working away from the office widely embraced, tolerated or frowned upon? The bigger question: Is telework saving your firm any money―in facilities costs, increased productivity, or in employee recruitment, retention and training? To find out, we interviewed executives at more than a dozen companies about their programs. The results were surprising. Today's telework takes many forms. There are formal programs dictated by corporate management to cut costs; grass-roots programs created to meet employee needs or demands; and occasional or informal tele-work―employees work at home after-hours, on a snow day or when a manager says it's OK. Most firms with teleworkers also have full-time remote (or virtual) employees, often living in another state.