Working from home or another location is ideal for those with time restraints due to commuting, familial obligations, concentration deprivation, etc. Reduced operations costs Increased customer satisfaction Currently, about 8 million people telecommute full time in the U.S., according to research from The Gallup Organization, of Princeton, N.J., and Opinion Research Corporation. The number is expected to grow to about 13.5 million by 2003. Research also revealed that telecommuter productivity is 22 percent to 45 percent higher than that of their in-office counterparts. Staying connected to the office is an issue that many telecommuters face.
Laptops make document files and applications mobile.
This area of office communications was restricted to calling into a company voicemail system every hour or so . . . until software-based phone systems came along. Callers can reach telecommuters through one phone number instead of trying a list of 5. Voicemail messages can be e-mailed as a standard Wave file to save time dialing into the company voicemail system. We enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Graham Mainwaring of etrials.