Describe telecommuting
What will be an ideal response?
Telecommuting is a work arrangement in which employees spend at least part of their time
working online, away from the office. Telecommuting saves time, space, and travel costs.
Some people telecommute full-time, but more people telecommute one to three days per
week.
Ideally, telecommuters must be suited to the new work environment and must share the work
ethic and values of their employers. They should possess time management skills, be selfmotivated and trustworthy, and have the ability to work independently. In addition, they must
have the trust and support of their employers so that they will conduct their work from a
remote site and be as productive off-site as they would be working in the company's office.
Telecommuting is best suited to information-based, portable, and predictable jobs or ones that
demand a high degree of privacy and concentration. Some typical telework jobs are
information processing, sales, customer service, research consulting, e-commerce
management, design engineering, graphics design, web development, medical transcription,
writing, editing, and teaching (online classes). Jobs that require face-to-face contact with coworkers or customers, however, can be somewhat difficult to perform as telework. Such jobs
include those of some managers, retail sales staff, construction workers, and the like.
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