RE: Commute/Flex work options a Deal breaker?

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I was thinking of ways by which someone could keep tabs on a worker, to make it harder for a remote worker to slough off...It occurs to me that for the employer, requiring a webcam setup would be a good idea. That way you could actually see if the guy is at his keyboard when he's supposed to be. It could be jiggered with a fake image a la "Mission Impossible," but that would be hard to do. And if you call the worker on the phone and his screen image is not seen answering, that would be a dead giveaway.

It may be of use to the worker to be able to see the boss at times. Lesser value there, I think, but it might come in handy for some things.

I've never used a webcam. Someone with experience of them - would it be prohibitively expensive to have it going full time?



--- On Thu, 6/26/08, Sarah L Blake <sarah -dot- blake -at- exony -dot- com> wrote:


> 
> Of course, the problem with flexible working is that they
> may also be
> working from home.
> 
> <glares at the empty chair normally occupied by the
> person she currently
> needs information from>
> 
>


      
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