The Bureau of Labor Statistics tallied the number of telecommuters in 1991 with 1.9 million employees. There was an 89 percent increase in 1997 to about 3.6 million and still growing. Telecommuters are also called as virtual staffers, business owners, or moonlighters. The motivation is a desire for the flexibility that working at home brings. The employee buys his own furniture.
Telecommuting saves companies in more ways than making the employees feel good in their home office.
There are also company safeguards in making sure the work gets done at home. Excuses for uncompleted work may be eliminated by keeping hard copies at home of all the reference files you need. The company s server or intranet can be utilized in storing data or use a web-based file storage service such as Magical Desk. In emergency situations, install a remote control package that will let you fetch files from your office PC when you are at home. There are companies like Linx Communications that uses a single toll free number to call your office phone, cell phone, and pager all at the same time which make you accessible when you leave your home office.