Telecommuting

When I say "telecommuting", you picture yourself easing into the workday in a pair of [fuzzy:fluffy] slippers? Well, so does your boss.But the reality is, you're both dreaming. Because a new study shows that folks who work at home at least [some:norm] of the time put in more hours than those who stay at the office. That's according to work published in the journal Monthly Labor Review. Telecommuting for a portion of the workweek certain has its appeal. Avoiding the time and cost [involved:incorporated] in commuting and presumably having a more flexible schedule and a better work-life balance are all potential pluses. But are employees really able to take advantage of such work-at-home perks? Researchers [took:grabbed] advantage of labor information from census bureau surveys and were surprised by what they found. First off, the proportion of people who work remotely remained unchanged from the mid-'90s to the mid-2000s the most recent data available. Second, those who do telecommute are more likely to work [overtime:overnight] , an additional 5 to 7 hours on top of the standard 40. Which means that people who work from the comfort of home are not slackers in slippers. They're more likely [tech-savvy:tech-navy] self-starters - who don't know when to stop.