High level execs telecommuting
Oct 7th, 2004From the Wall Street Journal Online …
Telecommuting, once primarily the domain of lower-level and technical employees, increasingly is moving into the senior management ranks. The reasons driving the trend are diverse: Faster broadband Internet Connections between home and office; the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, which made companies recognize the value of placing executives apart geographically to help reduce disruptions; and managers' increasing comfort with the idea of working remotely.
The number of Americans employed by a company — and who work from home at least one day per month — rose to 24.1 million this year from 23.5 million in 2003, according to a recent study. At the same time, the number of people telecommuting full-time shot up 41% from last year, to 12.4 million from 8.8 million, according to Dieringer Research Group, a Milwaukee, Wisc., market-research and consulting company that conducted the study on behalf ITAC, a Silver Spring, Md. telework association.
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