Mashable published an interesting piece about working from home (link). A few of the stats I find most interesting:
- 56% of hiring managers at Fortune 500 companies believe virtual work will increase at their company.
- 3 virtual team technologies: texting, instant messaging, teleconferencing.
- 56% of decision makers believe that working remotly makes employees more productive.
- 26.2 million teleworkers in the U.S. in 2010, that is 20% of the U.S. working adult population.
I've been telecommuting since 2009 and I would have to say I think it works out well. There are always pros and cons but I think the pros outweight the cons most of the time and in the end I end up being more driven and passionate about the job I am doing because it allows me to stay focused on tasks at hand more often.
I agree with the stats represented in the Mashable article. As communications options grow more and more each day (enterprise social networking anyone?) I can only see an increase in telecommuting in the future.
