Do You Telecommute?
Network World Reports:
In troubling news, a survey of 1,320 global executives by search firm Korn/Ferry International found that 60 percent of them say telecommuters are less likely to advance in their careers compared to those who work in offices. Company executives want to see their employees. But here’s the irony: 78 percent said that telecommuters are equally or even more productive than employees who work in the office (perhaps proving that seeing is believing?), and 48 percent said they would personally consider a job that lets them telecommute regularly. It’s unlikely the survey results will stop telecommuters in their tracks—the number of teleworkers is more than 45 million, up from some 4 million in 1990.
So, what’s wrong with this picture? Global execs say telecommuters are less likely to advance, yet their more productive?