Why there's push back on Telework

Here's why there is push-back on working from home right now:  telework is increasing.

It's part of the Last Stand for Baby Boomers, the generation raised believing in 'responsibility,' showing up on time, and working only in an office.

Only believe office-workers are more productive than teleworkers when you start to see the numbers of teleworkers go down.  So far teleworkers keep growing in number.

The push-back got some high profile media attention this month as Yahoo and Best Buy both recalled their teleworkers back to the office.  Keep in mind these companies are both losing money.  Successful companies like IBM are not recalling their teleworkers.  This leads us to believe that telework is not the cause of corporate failure.   PS:  LERN, with 75% of its workforce working from home, is on its way to our second record income year.

 Pretty late winter April farm landscape in Wisconsin. Photo by Julie Coates

Comments

[Fred Pilot]

I would disagree that Boomers are responsible. The push back transcends generations. Rather, it's the difficulty organizations are experiencing making the transition from the Industrial Age office to the Information Age "work anywhere/anytime" socio-economy. Is Yahoo's Marissa Mayer a Boomer? Didn't think so.