That's what people like Risse are paid to figure out.
Every case is unique, a mix of policy, personality and work habits.
And the two highest costs for a corporation are the office space and human resources. It's easier to reduce office space than human resources. The usual way to trim office space is to have a hiring freeze, but with virtual work office space can be reduced while keeping staff levels at their current numbers, Risse says. Tenn. She telecommutes and in turn supervises a computer applications specialist who lives in Pittsburgh. Weekly, Lee and her colleague rendezvous in Fairfax to meet with other members of their 15-member project team that is working to integrate Lotus Notes into the larger AMS computer network.