building space and facilities.Telecommuting also improves productivity. Much time is spent onunnecessary activities by people who commute back and forth to work in theconventional manner. Time is wasted from the minute one gets up to go to workuntil the minute one returns home from work. With telecommuting, one no longerneeds to be always preparing for the commute and for being "presentable". Onecan go to work simply by tossing on a robe and slippers, grabbing a cup ofcoffee and sitting down to the terminal. You would no longer have to worry ifthe car will start, if your clothes are neat, or if you're perfectly groomed.That may still be important to you, but it no longer has to be. And you are nolonger interrupted by the idle chatter that inevitably takes place at thecentral work place - some of it useful for your work, but a lot of it is just awaste of time and a perpetual interruption. As quoted in Computerworld, onetelecommuter comments "I was feeling really cramped in our old office. I find Ican get much more done. It is much more quiet here at home."In addition, telecommuting reduces family related stress by allowinginvolvement with family and flexibility in location of a remote worksite.Working in the home offers people a greater opportunity to share quality timewith family members, to promote family values and develop stronger family tiesand unity. Also, time saved through telecommuting could be spent with familymembers constructively in ways that promote and foster resolution of familyproblems. Since the actual location a telecommuter works from isn't relevant,the person could actually move to another town. This would alleviate the stresscaused when a spouse has an opportunity to pursue his or her career in anothertown and must choose between a new opportunity or no opportunity, because theirspouse does not want to or cannot change employment. If either person couldtelecommute, the decision would be much easier.Also...
