The Telecommuter Manifesto

This post is an adaptation of one I originally wrote on my personal finance and investing blog, Richer by the Day.  Telecommuters are even more likely to face the productivity paradox than office workers, but have some different tools to deal with it.
When you work for a company, you’re likely to encounter the productivity paradox, [...]

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One anti-telecommuting argument often used by management is that having too many telecommuters leaves the office feeling like a ghost town.  The downside of this, they say, is that customers visiting the site will think that the company is either understaffed or inefficient.
This is similar to a phenomenon I experienced in [...]

One of the bizarre aspects of telecommuting is that you may go a long time (or forever) without ever meeting your coworkers face to face. Even if you regularly use video conferencing software, a physical meeting is an entirely different experience. When the opportunity to meet your coworkers presents itself, you may even [...]