Truly to say there are fewer interruptions when you work at home than in the office. In the office, you probably have chatty co-workers who stop by your desk on their way back from the coffee room. That's good for 20 minutes of lost work. If you join your pod-mates and go out for lunch, which will surely take longer than the 20 minutes you spend fixing a sandwich and eating it in your kitchen.
The idea that you are being measured by how much work your boss thinks he physically sees you do is kind of absurd. You should be measured on how much work you produce, period -- whether he is there to watch you do it or not.
Research by the Telework Coalition found that the average business that allowed employees to work remotely saw employee productivity increase by 22%.
When you work at home, there is no missing work because of a snowstorm either.
Read it carefully: Working at home isn't an invite to goof-off. While we personally think working virtually is quickly becoming the norm -- at least in the on-line world -- you do have to work. Sure you may slip a load of laundry in the dryer between calls, but mostly, you are nose to the grindstone working.
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