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Work at Home
Telecommuting, e-commuting, e-work, telework, working at home (WAH), or working from home
(WFH) is a work arrangement in which employees enjoy limited flexibility in working location and hours. In other
words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links. Many work from home,
while others, occasionally also referred to as nomad workers or web commuters utilize mobile telecommunications
technology to work from coffee shops or myriad other locations. Telework is a broader term, referring to
substituting telecommunications for any form of work-related travel, thereby eliminating the distance restrictions
of telecommuting. All telecommuters are teleworkers but not all teleworkers are telecommuters. A frequently
repeated motto is that "work is something you do, not something you travel to". A successful telecommuting program
requires a management style which is based on results and not on close scrutiny of individual employees. This is
referred to as management by objectives as opposed to management by observation. The terms telecommuting and
telework were coined by American Jack Nilles in 1973.
Long distance telework is facilitated by such tools as virtual private networks, videoconferencing, and Voice
over IP. It can be efficient and useful for companies as it allows staff and workers to communicate over a large
distance, saving significant amounts of travel time and cost. As broadband Internet connections become more
commonplace, more and more workers have enough bandwidth at home to use these tools to link their home office to
their corporate intranet and internal phone networks.
Telecommuting, options increase the employability of marginalized groups, such as mothers and fathers with small
children, the disabled and people living in remote areas. It can also reduce an individual's carbon footprint,
through minimizing daily commuting. The set up also offers possibilities for increased service and international
reach, since telecommuters in different time zones can ensure that a company is virtually open for business around
the clock. Telework has also enabled offshore outsourcing. Telecommuting provides employee flexibility, eases the
working parent's burden, increases employee productivity, and reduces absenteeism. Virtual offices allow employers
to keep valuable employees, allow employers to hire employees otherwise not available, and have facilitated
productive re-engineering of order-management and customer service processes.
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