Mike Gunderloy comments on how currently telecommuting is viewed as a suitable response to a disaster (like a freeway collapsing, in which case it may be necessary for people to telecommute to avoid unacceptable commutes to work), but in other cases is still looked down upon.

But I’m starting to wonder how long we’re going to have to watch telecommuting (and by extension, other forms of web work) be marginalized this way. Implicit in the “telecommute in case of disaster” message is the other message that no sensible person would do this in normal times. Given the choice, of course everyone would prefer to get up an hour earlier in the morning and join all the other commuters in their giant vehicles, jockeying for position in the multiple lanes of a still-intact I-80 to I-580 connector in order to have the pleasure of being tied to a desk, wearing a suit and tie, for eight hours.

What’s it going to take to make telecommuters first-class citizens of the working world, rather than the crazy uncles that most companies don’t really want to talk about?

He then goes on to describe business, government, technology and personal factors and tendencies that would need to change in order for this to occur. Read more on Web Worker Daily.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by Yaakov Ellis and is filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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