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trends, work, workplace

Telework gains acceptance

  Publicerad av Emanuel Sidea

A couple of factors seem to be driving the trend. First, the option of telecommuting is an enticing benefit to prospective high-talent employees. “The war for talent, combined with commuting times and costs, and an increasing need for work-life balance are all factors that promote telecommuting,” says Jim Lanzalotto, vice president of strategy and marketing for Yoh. “This survey validates what we’ve seen over the years: High-impact talent prefers - indeed, thrives - in an environment that provides a flexible work-life balance.” (…)
Interestingly, though, the study seems to contradict findings from a Gartner study from earlier this year, as reported by Dave Margulius. In a report, Gartner said it expected the growth of telecommuting to slow, from 12 percent — worldwide and in the United States — in 2005 to 5.5 percent worldwide and 3.7 percent in the United States by 2008.
InfoWorld Tech Watch

newplaces, trends, work, workplace

The Third Workplace

  Publicerad av Emanuel Sidea

An estimated 30 million Americans, or roughly one-fifth of the nation’s workforce, are part of the so-called Kinko’s generation, employees who spend significant hours each month working outside of a traditional office. (…)

This rootless army is growing 10% annually, according to Gartner Dataquest research. The reason? Corporations are increasingly supportive of teleworking for reasons that range from saving money on office space to needing a backup in the event of a natural disaster or terror attack.

“With technology what it is, it’s far easier to bring the work to the people than the people to the work,” says Jim Ware of the Future of Work, a Bay Area enterprise that helps large companies such as Boeing anticipate workplace trends.

Ware says working out of a “third place” — neither home nor office, it’s anything from Starbucks to the local library — does raise “a host of human resources issues related to keeping track of people you don’t see much.”

But in the end, “employers are realizing that it’s about the work, not about the hours in an office.”
USATODAY.com

trends, workplace

The New Office

  Publicerad av Emanuel Sidea

Internet cafes are emerging as an important place to get work done, hold meetings and network. Since writers, designers, developers and anyone else who can work from their laptop are going to show up, you can even recruit talent, publicize your project and even demo your product for potential users and investors.

GigaOM