Stay home? You first.IF you have one of those overbearing, micromanaging Bosses and hold onto hope that surging gas prices and snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic might finally force him to think about telecommuting--think again. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new survey, which polled 150 executives picked from the nation's top 1,000 companies, only 5 percent of the senior executives polled said they telecommute See telecommuting. frequently while 62 percent said they rarely or never telecommute. "Telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. is definitely becoming more popular with certain career fields," said Brandi Britton from San Jose-based Robert Half International Robert Half International is a staffing firm, and a member of the S&P 500. External links
However, there still may be hope. The study also found that while senior-level managers refuse to telecommute, staff members are actually encouraged by some managers to try it. |
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