Perhaps you wonder what a management style has to do with a better environment. I live in the Netherlands and our tiny country is heading for a mobility infarct: traffic jams are increasing, they get longer and the timeslots in which they occur are almost covering an entire working day.
The Netherlands has a great technological infrastructure, almost every household is connected to the internet. Telecommuting offers for us no technological objection. Employer satisfaction is decreasing because of the long commute. And still, a lot of companies are not offering the option to work at home. Many companies do, but larger, more traditional companies are still hesitant.
I think that a lot of money (and environment) can be saved by educating managers in trusting their employers and focusing more on coordination instead of control.
Just my two cents.
Where is my congress man?
One Comment
As far as I don’t have any problems with my team telecommuting from time to time used as exception I do have much with that being a rule.
Telecommuting harms teamwork and we still don’t have tools which would help much with that. Generally the list of issues which keeps me distanced from working remotely outweighs the pros side. To be honest although we’ve made significant progress in limiting those issues I don’t think the overall impact of telecommuting will change anytime soon.