Sitting in your Dallas office at the accounting firm Bachman, Trinity, and Smith, clacking away on your computer, it seems as though you could be doing this work from your home. You haven't spoken to any co-workers in more than two hours. As long as you complete your work on time, does your location matter?
As an entry-level accountant, you've participated in on-location audits at major companies for nearly a year now. If your bosses trust you to work while staying at a hotel, why not let you work from home, where you already have an office with a computer, phone, and fax machine? You'd love to regain those two hours you lose commuting to and from work every day.
Your task: To gather support for this idea, visit the website of the International Telework Coalition website, at www.telcoa.org. Find statistics and other support and write an e-mail message persuading your boss, senior partner Marjorie Bachman, to grant you a six-month trial as a telecommuter.34