What I expect Yahoo to learn is that telecommuting is not the problem—it is a solution.
You can see this thrust in the current telecommuting debate at Yahoo.
telecommuting is an extension of the previous pattern of work.
telecommuting is a timid beginning and a pale image of what such strategies might be.
See telework
by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
by 1974 (as a hypothetical experience), from tele- + commute. Related: Telecommuted. Cf. telecommuting.
The practice of working at home and communicating with your fellow workers through the phone, typically with a computer and modem. Telecommuting saves the employee getting to and from work and saves the employer from supplying support services such as heating and cleaning, but it can also deprive the worker of social contact and support.
(1995-01-05)
