Micah Wedemeyer writes on Lifehacker.com that lost in the debate regarding telecommuting and productivity is personal happiness. Even if it were true that telecommuters are less productive than office workers (a point he does not concede), so what? If maximizing productivity for the company is all that matters, then you should never drink alcohol, always […]
Read MoreBook Review: In a Season of Dead Weather by Mark Fuller Dillon
Originally posted at the New Podler Review of Books. Grab a comfy chair by the fire, a hot drink, and a book of good horror stories.  Those rattling shutters outside?  Just the blowing snow.  Those shadows dancing in the corner?  Fire light, nothing more.  And the whispers behind your chair are your imagination. Maybe. That’s […]
Read MoreTelecommuter Blues
Last week Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer launched a brouhaha regarding telecommuting by mostly banning the practice at Yahoo (turns out that genuine abuse may have prompted the decision). Now Best Buy has ended its ROWE (Results Only Work Environment) policy for corporate employees for much the same reasons as Yahoo. I’ve been a full-time telecommuter […]
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