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Re: Telecommuting to Career Oblivion?

Telework — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:49:10 -0000

"To gain something you have to lose something" is a well known fact, which applies well for telecommuters too..yes, their promotions may not be as lucrative or fast as it may be for their peers at office.
Steve

Re: Telecommuting to Career Oblivion?

Frank Roche — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:33:24 -0000

ROWE has an interesting conundrum...getting to know someone is part of being in a company. I suppose that could be done by telephone, in our business we certainly work enough by phone. In fact, I once worked with a client in Germany for a year, talking to him every day, and I felt like I knew him when I finally met him in person. It can work, but it will be an interesting challenge to balance the results-only versus promotability. One final thought: perhaps people who choose to work off the ranch all the time are exchanging that benefit for career advancement. After all, why do we work in the first place?

Re: Telecommuting to Career Oblivion?

Charlie — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:36:42 -0000

Companies lie to employees. Against their own long-term interests.

Hopefully the managers at Best Buy will put their promotions where there mouth (and productivity) is. The best cure for discriminating against the telecommuter is good metrics.

But also - management of employees is about knowing them, not just their recent performance metrics. How can one properly know people who you don't get to work alongside?