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Re: Telecommuting ( was: Do as I say, not as I do )
Subject:Re: Telecommuting ( was: Do as I say, not as I do ) From:reshma pendse <reshma_pendse -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- in> To:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com>, Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:14:51 +0800 (SGT)
When employees from distributed offices of a company are able to work 'together' on projects, then why does it not work for employees who work from their own homes?I think this is what Kathleen is asking here.
regards,
Reshma
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From: John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com>
To: Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com>
Cc: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>; TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Telecommuting ( was: Do as I say, not as I do )
On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> In case you haven't seen the latest, this column in WSJ says that "most"
> tech companies support remote/telecommute/work -at- home
>
> One thing I thought ironic in the statement from Yahoo was the note that
> they have a distributed workforce, including India. Seems a bit remote to
> me. Why does it work for them and not for people in the US?
Wouldn't the remote locations have their own in-house vs telecommuting policies? The employees' bosses would transmit the attendance reports is my bet.
John A
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