Home working: Why can’t everyone telework?

¿Y en España? ¿Sería posible?

¿¿O estaríamos todo el día de cachondeo??

UK – Telework by numbers

  • 1.3m home workers
  • 3.7m employees who sometimes work from home or use home as a base

(June – September 2010, ONS)

The UK government is suggesting people work from home to avoid travel chaos around the 2012 Olympics, but why hasn’t teleworking already taken off, asks Tom de Castella.

Once upon a time teleworking was the future that would free us from the yoke of office life. Armed with phone, computer and internet connection, human potential would blossom in the comfort of our own homes.

It makes sense. Why travel for hours a day to a central location when you can roll out of bed and start working from your kitchen table with none of the hassle and environmental damage that commuting entails?

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