In fact, telecommuting is a growing nightmare to many. Telecommuting in its several forms now has many disciples. That number, which looks suspiciously similar to the increase in the number of Internet users, jumped all the way to over 21 million in 1999, according to JALA International. Employers have many reasons to jump on the telecommuting bandwagon. The Gartner Group says that productivity rises as much as 40 percent in workers that telecommute.
Telecommuting saves employers money that normally vaporizes without a return.
But the news gets better than that. But where the rubber meets the road is in the view of workers. And, if all of these numbers are to be believed, employees should like the idea, too. The media hype surrounding the growth of technology in the home and in the workplace is painting a far more romantic image of telecommuting than it deserves. The problems begin in the numbers mentioned above.