There's no such thing as a 'remote' employee
When everyone is remote at least part of the time, the whole idea of a remote worker is obsolete.
When everyone is remote at least part of the time, the whole idea of a remote worker is obsolete.
Teleworking is now mainstream, but organisations do not necessarily have structures and policies around it, according to a new trans-Tasman survey.
With an eye on business collaboration and communication, Cisco has released a range of new video production products aimed at enterprise customers.
Teleworkers are often happier in their jobs, more productive and more motivated, but at the same time they can feel isolated or disconnected and are potentially harder to imbue with a company culture.
If an employee is paid to be at home during office hours and nobody is there to see them will they get any work done?
The New Zealand contact centre industry has been growing strongly for the last 10 years and there is little sign of that diminishing.
Just 35% of US government managers believe their agencies support telecommuting, despite a seven-year-old law requiring agencies to offer telework options to workers, according to a recent study.
A move away from teleworking in Hewlett-Packard’s internal IT operation seems unlikely to be replicated in New Zealand, though HP NZ could not give the final word on the topic as Computerworld went to press.
When its centrepiece, the unbundling of telecommunications, was dropped out of the Budget, all we were left with was road-building and “national identity”. Both seem slightly at odds with what was to have been the Budget’s central message: New Zealand needs more broadband.
The internet continues to generate unexpected consequences. The ability to send information anywhere, immediately, at minimal cost, means most white collar work is now geographically ambivalent.
Teleworking project "great initiative and a sign of things to come”
Between 40 and 60 people should take part
"If we didn't have it [teleworking] today, we'd be in a world of hurt"
As a full-time teleworker, Sue Mitchell was never more of a nomad than on the days she went to the corporate office.
The relationship between IT and teleworkers can be a prickly one, especially in a down economy.