Would you like to work from home? – Poll

Back in the year 2000, I was reporting traffic on three Philadelphia radio stations. Part of being a good traffic reporter is to feel the listener’s pain. I must admit now for me that was a hard thing to do.

While drivers were dealing with backups and accidents and the stress of getting to work on time, the only blockage on my morning route was the dog occasionally sleeping on the top of my steps.

You see I was working from home, equipped with a computer that gave me all the information and an ISDN line that made it sound like I was in the studio. Sometimes I would record the report and other times I would go live to banter with the hosts.  Eventually I was also feeding traffic reports to Delaware stations.

What was new back in the year 2000 is now more and more commonplace. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 23 percent of their workers do at least some of their work from home which is up from 19 percent in 2003 which is part of a shift that accompanied a 2-point drop in the percentage of U.S. workers who show up to a designated workplace either part or all of the time.

With gas prices constantly on the rise, the  constant discussion of adding a gas tax to NJ drivers, transit prices going up as well as tolls, the idea of working from home sounds more and more inviting, doesn't it?

What you sacrifice though, is the interaction and camaraderie of your co-workers and feeling like you’re a part of something. There’s something to be said about that. But there’s also something to be said about having no commute time.

Have you ever worked from home? Would you like to if you could?