Telecommute

Telecommute (also commonly referred to as work-from-home (WFH), working remote, remoting in, having a remote workforce or establishing a virtual organization; also commonly written in verb form as Tele-Commuting or telecommuting) is an approach to workforce management which allows employees or contractors to perform the bulk or all of their duties from their home (i.e. home office, chesterfield, etc), or, from another remote location while on the go (i.e. while waiting for a flight in an airport, at a hotel when attending a conference, etc).

Some estimates show that companies could save billions of dollars by allowing, encouraging and actively restructuring their organization's policies and networks, to support telecommuting.

Remote Workforce

• Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/work-from-home-benefits/619597/

WFH

"Working-From-Home" (commonly abbreviated WFH when given as an employee's work arrangement status for the day), or "Work-From-Home" when referring to the concept, has rapidly gone from an increasing trend at the most "forward-thinking companies" to more like the "new norm" at most companies worldwide where this is a possibility, due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

Digital Nomads

• wikipedia: Digital nomad

Tools

• Telework Cost Savings calculator (employee): http://www.govloop.com/telework-calculator
• Telework Cost Savings calculator (employer): http://www.teleworkresearchnetwork.com/standard-calculator

Resources

• State of Remote Work (2021): https://owllabs.com/state-of-remote-work/2021/
• Telcoa: http://www.telcoa.org/resources/economic-development/
• Telework Exchange: http://teleworkexchange.com/
• Telework Research Network (whitepapers): http://www.teleworkresearchnetwork.com/whitepapers
• Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO): https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/

Tutorials

• How to do effective video calls: https://martinfowler.com/articles/effective-video-calls.html

External Links

• wikipedia: Telecommuting
• Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/telepresence-robots-let-employees-beam-into-work-1.1096388
• Save the Environment by Working from Home: http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/tipsfortelecommuting/qt/telecommuting-is-good-for-the-environment.htm
• Telecommuting Can Save Employers Money, Too: http://www.allbusiness.com/labor-employment/working-hours-patterns-telecommuting/15480193-1.html#axzz2GeUjgUxU
• How Telecommuting Can Save You Money (and Help the Environment): http://sustainablepersonalfinance.com/how-telecommuting-can-save-you-money-and-help-the-environment/
• Five Tips for Successful Telecommuting: http://career-advice.monster.com/in-the-office/workplace-issues/five-tips-for-successful-telecommuting-hot-jobs/article.aspx
• How much money would you save by telecommuting?: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/how-much-money-would-you-save-by-telecommuting/795
• Secret to Increased Productivity - Don't Come to the Office: http://www.inc.com/eric-v-holtzclaw/secret-to-increased-productivity-dont-come-to-the-office.html
• Yahoo's Telecommuting Ban a Doomed Attempt to Turn Back the Clock: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/yahoos-telecommuting-ban-a-doomed-attempt-to-turn-back-the-clock/?kc=EWKNLEDP03012013B
• Give people the freedom of where to work: http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/blog/give-people-the-freedom-of-where-to-work
• The enormous societal benefits of working from home: http://www.zdnet.com/the-enormous-societal-benefits-to-working-from-home-7000012330/
• Working Remotely - The Best Thing I've Ever Done: http://architects.dzone.com/articles/working-remotely-best-thing
• Kirin implements Work-From-Home policy: http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/careers/kirin-implements-work-at-home-system
• A New Etiquette For Remote Working: http://java.dzone.com/articles/new-etiquette-remote-working
• Microsoft IT transforms teleworking culture in Japan: https://www.microsoft.com/itshowcase/Article/Content/699/Microsoft-IT-transforms-teleworking-culture-in-Japan
• Asking For A Remote Work Policy? Pro Tips And Trends Of The Year To Reference: https://blog.trello.com/remote-work-policy-pro-tips-and-trends
• Go Ahead, Tell Your Boss You Are Working From Home | Nicholas Bloom | TEDxStanford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUyyZPIHyY
• How remote work is quietly remaking our lives: https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/9/20885699/remote-work-from-anywhere-change-coworking-office-real-estate
• What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work: https://doist.com/blog/remote-work-mental-health/
• How to Work From Home Without Losing Your Mind: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-work-from-home-without-losing-your-mind/
• The best virtual team building activities, according to real remote workers: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/virtual-team-building-activities-remote-teams
• How to work from home when your kids are home, too: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/working-from-home-with-kids
• Accessibility Needs a Front Seat as List of Companies Extending Work from Home until at Least 2021 Grows: https://www.boia.org/blog/accessibility-needs-a-front-seat-as-list-of-companies-extending-work-from-home-until-at-least-2021-grows
• Automattic, Forbes, and the Future of Work: https://ma.tt/2012/09/future-of-work/
• Fully Distributed Teams: are they viable?: https://amontalenti.com/2012/05/14/distributed-teams
• ANALYSIS - Right to disconnect gains ground as pandemic brings work home: https://www.reuters.com/article/global-tech-workers-idUSL8N2ML638
• The realities of the four-day workweek: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220322-the-realities-of-the-four-day-workweek
• 7 Ways To Make A Hybrid Workplace Less Exhausting: https://blog.trello.com/hybrid-workplace
• 10 guiding principles of energizing virtual facilitation: https://miro.com/blog/10-principles-of-energizing-virtual-facilitation/

See Also

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