Survey Reveals 23 Percent of American Workers Telecommute
A new survey reveals that telecommuting is gaining ground:
A survey released Tuesday by Citrix Online found that 23 percent of American workers regularly do their jobs from someplace besides the office, and that 62 percent of respondents who cannot work off-site would like to.
The survey also found that workers prized the ability to telecommute more highly than stock options or on-site child care.
Mike Amble, a former senior vice president of operations and engineering for a major American financial company, said telecommuting fits well into the mission of corporate IT departments. The most skilled employees may not live in the immediate area, for one thing, and second, such departments are constantly on-call and therefore “working on a 24-hour clock,” he said.
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