According to research from iPass, the Mobile Workforce Report, a third of 3,100 employees surveyed say they will walk if employers fail to “support flexible working via mobile devices,” reports Computer Weekly.com. That report says already 95 percent of employers “allow employees to work remotely via laptops and mobile devices,” but that 40 percent wanted even more flexibility.
Everyone wants more work freedom, but being physically in the office carries more weight than you’d expect in this day of nonstop communication. We seem to confer greater legitimacy to the efforts of those who toil in the office. Are we suspicious that people working out of the office are goofing off? Or are we just uptight that they have too much autonomy?
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