Telecommuting and the Rising Cost of Gasoline

As the price of gasoline continues to rise (and all indications are that it will), and common usage of alternative fuels seems a long way off, we must find creative ways in which to cope.

Fortunately, my husband has a job which allows him to work from home (telecommute) 50% of the time. The other half is spent flying off to another city (or country) to teach software classes. He has been doing this for about 20 years now. In a pinch, he has even done web-based training for engineers in places like India, while sitting comfortably in his home office.

I don't understand why any person who has a job in which they sit at a computer all day in an office (not dealing face to face with the public) could not work from home.

The technology we have now is amazingly able to allow all sorts of jobs to be done from a remote location. More and more companies, especially in cities like Phoenix with poor mass transit systems, ought to be trying these new ways of doing business in order to deal with the transportation challenges their employees are now facing.