Telework

… and against deprecated HR policies — I have been active in Information Technology for almost thirty years now and have been working almost exclusively remotely since 2015. In this article I will discuss telecommuting from both the employer and employee’s point of view, and hopefully convince some organizations to rethink obsolete HR policies and get better…

I’ve heard a lot of debate, pro and con, over the rescinding of telework for most state employees. I’ve been teleworking almost exclusively since 2005 and traveling monthly to see clients and staff. A lot of skeptics envision teleworking state employees in pajamas on the couch binge watching Yellowstone with…

Teleworking, or remote working, goes by many names according to Pérez et al. (2002). Any organization seeking to implement a telework style of work must consider the cybersecurity ramifications involved. Organizational leaders must understand the vulnerabilities, threats, and controls needed to ensure the organization continues to maintain the confidentiality, integrity…

I’m writing this the day before the (U.S.) Labor Day holiday and two days before my Operations team members, who have been teleworking full-time since mid-May 2022, return to the office one-day-per-week for the month of September 2022 and two-days-per-week starting in October. …

During the Covid-19 Pandemic, which might not be over yet, many people worked from home. Some people enjoyed it so much that they have decided to keep working from home, even if they must work at a different job. Working from home can have many advantages. Working from home eliminates…

In Japan, there is a word for death from overwork. That word is “karoshi.” Even if overwork does not result immediately in death, it often leaves workers burned-out. Workaholics are often not even the highest performers in a sustainable way. Some workaholics have an obsessive-compulsive disorder that leads them to…

Pandemic describes the real significance of working from home. Previously the concept was limited to employees of computer enterprises but because of the Covid-19 pandemic, that equation has to be used by everyone from small jobs to large corporations. While we currently use skype, zoom calls but this concept was…

Remote work — or telework or work-from-home, as it’s also commonly called — is a work trend that’s been steadily on the rise for years now. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies that previously didn’t offer remote work opportunities to experiment with letting their employees work from home…