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Americans pick e-work over more money
Monday, July 22 2002
by Ciaran Buckley


Instead of a raise, one third of Americans would prefer to work from home, claims
a new report. 











 



The poll was contained in a report entitled "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere: The
Changing Face of Work," which was sponsored by the Positively Broadband
Campaign, an industry body that promotes the use of broadband. The Winston Group,
who polled 1,000 registered voters in April of this year, conducted the survey.





The report found that 54 percent of Americans think that telecommuting would
improve the quality of their lives. Among those that commute an hour or more a
day, this view jumped to 66 percent.





"Almost 20 percent of Americans are spending an hour or more commuting every
day, and I would suspect that virtually everyone who does so is sick of it,"
said Harris N. Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of
America, the group behind the Positively Broadband Campaign. "That is why we
think e-work is one of the applications with the power to catapult broadband to
the next level." 





The report also found that forty-three percent of respondents indicated that they
would be a better spouse or parent if they were able to telecommute. Forty-six
percent said their quality of work would improve.





The survey also found that workers have concerns about telecommuting, with 20
percent of respondents feared that they would not have enough contact with their
fellow workers if they telecommuted. 





The new report follows a survey conducted in the summer of 2001 by the
International Telework Association and Council (ITAC), a non-profit organisation
that promotes telework. ITAC found that 80 percent of telecommuters said that
they are more satisfied with their jobs, are more productive and feel more loyal
to their employers. Three-quarters of at-home teleworkers reported a major
increase in productivity and work quality. 



Teleworking is also growing in Europe. According to a recent report the by the
EU-backed Institute for Employment Studies, entitled "Modelling eWork in
Europe", the number of individual e-workers could grow from 9 million in 2002 to
almost 27 million across the EU by 2010.