"Few US workers who could telecommute do so: study"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One-quarter of the U.S. work force could be doing their jobs from home if all those able to telecommute chose to do so, according to a study on Wednesday which said many still elect to work at the office.

All those people working from home could translate into annual gasoline savings of $3.9 billion, according to the National Technology Readiness Survey.

The study found that 2 percent of U.S. workers telecommute full-time and another 9 percent do so part-time.

But another 14 percent of workers have the option of telecommuting, or have jobs conducive to the practice but choose not to, the study found.

http://reuters.iwon.com/article/20060712/2006-07-12T171310Z_01_N11132947_RTRIDST_0_ODD-LIFE-WORK-DC.html

[Hugin]

1. Elect or are required to?

I'd telecommute... But, then Management wouldn't have anything to do.

;)

[bemildred]

2. Management likes to have it's little empire centralized.

Power must be seen and exercised to be satisfying.

[slide to the left]

3. employers don't like it

I can work from home and do so sometimes. But 99% of my days are spent driving 25 miles on the the most congested Hwy in my state. You know the beginning of office space, yeah, my building is in the background.

I don't work from home bc my boss doesnt like me to