{"id":325,"date":"2007-08-06T10:55:52","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T08:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jobshuk.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/06\/yet-another-reason-to-build-a-case-for-telecommuting\/"},"modified":"2007-08-06T10:55:52","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T08:55:52","slug":"yet-another-reason-to-build-a-case-for-telecommuting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobshuk.com\/zvi\/2007\/08\/06\/yet-another-reason-to-build-a-case-for-telecommuting\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Reason to Build a Case for Telecommuting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taking a lazy day and reprinting this article<\/a> from Web Worker Daily: <\/p>\n

Yes, we know. We’re preaching to the choir. Do you really need another justification for your web worker lifestyle? Yes, you do.<\/p>\n

Business continuity and disaster preparedness (or COOP in government-speak, short for “continuity-of-operations program”) is yet another great reason to foster a web-working culture, even in the most traditional businesses. FCW.com<\/a>, the online arm of Federal Computer Week<\/em>, reported this week<\/a> about a recent Juniper Networks survey of federal, state, and local government computing professionals that noted in part:<\/p>\n

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41 percent [of survey respondents] think that telework is so critical to COOP that all employees should telework occasionally as a form of COOP preparation. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is key: you can’t know your “emergency only” remote access plans will work unless people are using them on a regular basis to do their regular work.<\/p>\n

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A lot of companies in the Bay Area discovered the weaknesses in their remote access technologies during the commuting crisis<\/a> a few months ago. Those companies with robust telecommuting policies and technologies in place were able to continue operations without a hitch, even with their employees facing (and rejecting) multi-hour commutes until the highway repair was completed.<\/p>\n

So, let’s review: Making web working technologies and techniques a part of your regular workplace routine is good because<\/p>\n