For most people, a chance to work at home would be ideal. Paper work and long term considerations for companies may actually be planned better at home as opposed to a busy work office or cubical. Professionals such as accountants, consultants, marketing professionals and other information-age workers can benefit from telecommuting (people who work at home). This is not to say that all work would be completed at hom

According to Gil Gordon, a telecommuting consultant in New Jersey, if you would like your firm to offer telecommuting, "Go in with a proposal, not a request." Show you boss why telecommuting will benefit the company. Explain that less office space will be needed and how employees of company's that offer telecommuting often have a better retention rate than company's that do not. According to a small computer firm based in Seattle, they save over $500,000 a year since they do not need to lease more office space for their growing company.

Telecommuting is still in it infancy however. As cities become larger, a growing demand for home-based work will also increase. At one point you were either a telecommuter or you were not. Companies believed there was no in between which is a reason for telecommuting's slow start. Today, telecommuting is considered a part time position for most firms. Companies understand not everyday should be an

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