Most of our work can be done pretty much anywhere. But not all can be done that way. Some has to be done at the client site or at the office site. Unfortunately, there's no getting around the fact that some people will have more work flexibility than others. As a result, workplace flexibility is often viewed as a status symbol among workers.
Receptionists have to be there.
Secretaries may have to be there. Security people will have to be there. For IT folks working on a team project, a day or two per week of that process probably has to be done together. But they can still do an awful lot of work by E-mail and voice mail. Tatia Jefferson, a software quality assurance manager at software developer DigitalESP Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., says she has adapted well to her flexible work schedule.