Our philosophy about work has always been focused on one thing: results. Where and when work gets done is entrusted to each employee. And trust us, employees will perform and deliver amazing results with this freedom. Sadly, many businesses who are operating under the old model of work are still doing these 9 things that [...]
Archive for the ‘Telecommuting’ Category
Stop Using The F Word
ROWE is not flexibility. ROWE is not a flexible work arrangement. ROWE is not flex-time. The only “F word” that best describes ROWE is freedom. We understand people who have no control over how they work or are forever asking permission to live their life may see “flexibility” as a ray of hope. It’s not. [...]
OMG. WTF? Pt. 2
Jenny Rough wrote a nice little ditty in the USA Weekend Life & Style section titled ‘Want to Telework? Do Your Homework’. I read it, banged my head against the wall and quickly looked at the calendar to make sure it was still 2011. Let’s take a gander at the suggested tips. Tip #1: Dissect [...]
How To Have Water Cooler Conversations in a ROWE
I was amused by a recent article about the return of “core hours” and I very much enjoyed Jody’s response to it. One point in the article was that “water cooler” conversations were important and that losing that part of the workday is a negative aspect of going ROWE. Well, I’d like to share three [...]
Rethinking Benefits in a Results-Only World
We had mixed feelings about the following blog post from the Wall Street Journal, which talks about the effect the economic downturn on benefits corporations give to its employees. On the one hand, we’re sad to see that companies are cutting 401(k) contributions and educational reimbursements. In a perfect world people could be paid enough [...]
Pitfalls of Utah’s Four-Day Workweek
We wrote this post, with hope, back on 12/27/2009. Following is the original post and an update…. In August 2008, the state of Utah experimented with a four-day workweek in an effort to save energy costs. Out of the state’s 24,000 executive branch employees, 17,000 moved to a 10-hours/day, four-day workweek. Early reports were good, [...]
Stay Home, DC!
Kudos to Telework Exchange for their recent campaign to encourage Washington, DC-area workers to stay away from the office on Inauguration Day. With millions converging on the city to witness this historic event, downtown promises to be a historic mess. What better day to work remotely? We hope companies treat this as a learning opportunity as [...]
Congestion Fees, Telecommuting and You
We’ve been following the saga of New York City’s “congestion fee” plan, an $8 fee that would apply to the nearly 1 million cars that enter Manhattan everyday. As we noted in a previous post, this kind of solution, while well-meaning, can only have a limited impact on the problem of overcrowded streets. That’s why [...]
Rethinking Telecommuting
Sue Shellenbarger’s Work & Family blog has a chilling story about how telecommuters are being “called back” to the office in droves. The reasons are “a push to consolidate operations, and the notion that teamwork improves when people work face-to-face.” The notion. The . . . notion. The . . . one more time . [...]
Managing the Virtual Workforce Part 2:
Exercise Your Technology Savvy
Presented by Jody Thompson
February 23 at 1pm (EST)
