I’m getting an early start this Saturday morning (3 more days until school starts for the girls ) since I have a ton of loose ends to tie-up. I usually try not to have work that I scheduled to complete in a month move over into a new month. It’s already the 2nd day in September and I find that I didn’t fully complete all that I wanted to in August, so today is my official “tie-up” day.

Usually while I have first tea in the am I browse the news feeds just to see what’s making the news. Here’s a story I came across on working from home and how it may affect the whole climbing the corporate ladder tingy…

By ROMA LUCIW
August 31, 2006

Working from home might seem like a godsend, but a survey released this week suggests that employees who chose to telecommute might find it harder to climb the corporate ladder.

Nearly one-third of Canadian respondents said telecommuting is best suited for staff-level employees, according to a poll by staffing service OfficeTeam. That compares with 28 per cent who said it was most beneficial for managers, 16 per cent who said executives, and 15 per cent who said administrative staff.

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Although soaring gasoline prices have led a growing number of people to consider skipping the commute to work, the survey found that 38 per cent of respondents said the senior executives at their companies rarely telecommute, while 20 per cent said their bosses never work from home.

Diane Domeyer, executive director of OfficeTeam, said supervisors need to be available to consult with staff who might need advice with day-to-day projects.

Although staff-level employees generally find it easier to telecommute, they need to make sure to spend at least some time in the office, Ms. Domeyer said. “Employees who work from home must ensure that being out of sight doesn’t also mean being out of mind for promotions, team projects and plum assignments.”

A separate study released in July by an employment agency found that a majority of Canadian executives said their companies were taking some steps to help ease the burden of higher gas prices on their staff. Two of the most common were to allow for increased telecommuting and allowing employees to work from office locations closer to home.

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)

I’m not sure how this really affects the majority of people who works from home, since the ones I know are all independent contractors, it’s their own business they run from home and/or only works from home part time to earn extra cash.

Enjoy the rest of the day!

Chris..