"Ten Things (OK, 9) I Love About Telecommuting"
By Chris Pirillo
April 2, 2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/02/pirillo.telecommuting/index.html?eref=rss_tech


This CNN article, written by blogger Chris Pirillo, is about the option of working from home (aka telecommuting) instead of going into work everyday. Pirillo argues that a lot of money can be saved by working from home. Many large companies offer this option to their employees for a lot of different reasons. He is trying to get to the other companies who do not offer this option to their employees and entice them to change their minds. He lists nine good reasons why telecommuting is a good idea, including saving money on gas, free internet connection provided by your employer, and some online programs that make it easy to connect remotely with other employees.

I have a job at Booz Allen Hamilton, a large firm outside of Washington DC and I will be starting in June. They believe strongly in “work-life balance” and a large part of that is being able to work from home from time to time. I think Pirillo makes a good point in his article about responsibility. Adults who have stable jobs at large companies like this have a lot of self responsibility and should be trusted to get their job done on their own. I know that a lot of people at the company I will be working at usually take one day a week to telecommute from their home, and everything runs very smoothly anyway. I think if anything, telecommuting helps things to run smoothly because there is trust that everyone will pull their own weight and get the job done.