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And that's why it's so hard to work with people who go to the office. They're part of the mainstream now. But working from home hasn't been the panacea for work-life balance that many of us thought it was going to be. In fact, says Christena Nippert-Eng, an associate professor of sociology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, telecommuting has introduced some new dilemmas. We feel less able than ever to place appropriate boundaries around the workday, while at the same time, we realize the need for those boundaries more than ever before.