Workers would prefer working at home to money

Dice Holdings, which operates the largest technical recruiting site on the Internet, surveyed 1500 technology workers and more than a third said they'd take a ten per cent pay cut if allowed to work from home and not commute. A greater per cent chose the pay cut than those that refused a pay cut altogether.

The results substanstiate a similar study from 2002 by the Winston Group where workers would ask if they would forego a pay raise to work from home. One third said they would. But, as importantly, 54% felt their quality of life would improve significantly and was even higher for those that commute an hour or more daily. They also felt it would improve their relationships. Additionally, Marketing and Communications Strategies called telecommuting a trend to watch in 2004.

If you are interested in telecommuting, Telecommute Connecticut! from the US has a great site with questions to ask yourself when considering switching from working at the office site to home. These include "do you have the right job?", "do you have a good performance record?" and "do you have the right manager and organizational culture?".

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