Home Sweet Office

"Telecommuting, or turning the house into an office, is becoming part of the corporate culture. However, it doesn’t work for everyoneAndres is sure that she gets good value for her money. “Laura never misses a deadline. Good people are hard to find, so you have to come up with creative solutions to keep them.” Gifford, at Celero, echoes that sentiment, noting that many younger people are insisting on that kind of flexibility. Peacock, too, feels that her productivity has dramatically increased. “I believe that BC Central is getting great value from this arrangement; there is no overtime in my world,” she says. Peacock, a self-proclaimed binge worker, will send emails at 3 am when in the middle of a project. “When it’s over, I collapse for a day or two.”

by Laureen Griffin

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