Telework is greener, reduces stress and boosts productivity so why aren’t more people working anywhere but the office?
From Backbone Magazine - Three years ago David Hawkins spent more than two hours a day crammed
into a crawling Vancouver bus. He jostled and was jostled, breathed
other people’s air and stared out the windows at rush-hour pedestrians
who sometimes made faster progress than the commuters trapped in the
bus.
Hawkins was fed up and ready to ditch this rush-hour purgatory. Today,
by telecommuting and shifting his hours, Hawkins now spends less time
at his office and accomplishes a great deal more.
He now wakes up before his wife and children and spends a few quiet
hours responding to e-mails and catching up with colleagues in the
Central and Eastern time zones. He then enjoys breakfast with his
family before catching the bus at nine o’clock. With few other
commuters to contend with, he takes a seat and spends the next 40
minutes working on his laptop. The chief technology officer for Facet |
Teletrips, a West Coast-based company that provides products and
consulting services to help deploy and promote integrated telework
solutions, Hawkins especially values this offline time during which he
can work with virtually no interruptions. After spending the day at his
Vancouver office, Hawkins leaves between 3:30 and 4:30 in the
afternoon, well before most other commuters, and enjoys a productive
ride home. Full Story
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