The "Water Fueled Car"

[--Pete]

Hi,

Get out your umbrella.

We call them 'bumbershoot' out here. :lol:

My brother has been working from home for IBM for four years.

And does that make him the norm for IBM or the token I mentioned? There are a lot of people telecommuting, but in my estimate, they are a small fraction of all those that could be. Given that we've gone from an industrial economy to a service economy, many workers do not need to go to the office to do their job (which often just consists of answering the phone, looking at a computer screen, and writing some form of report -- all of which they do on a computer).

If only my boss would allow it, I could do tele work two days of five.

Bloody meetings, force me to be present the other three days out of five.

Many small companies have one or two designated meeting days. The rest of the week, there are either no meetings, or they are electronic. In some of these companies, employees don't even have designated work spaces at the 'office'. A few available desks and workstations and a couple of meeting rooms cover the needs when someone actually goes in. But, again, these setups are the exception, not the norm.

Nope, I'm sticking to my story. Telecommute is a comparative rarity.

--Pete