Photo shoot – first customers – teleworking on the rise

April 16, 2009

Santa Cruz photographer Jeff Luhn came in earlier this week for a photo shoot. We’ll be using the imagery on the website, in collateral and everywhere else.

The Satellite is nearly ready for launch – just waiting for some final furniture and a little tweaking to the technology – and we already have our first customers! They’ve been tremendously patient with the occasional hammering, power saws and such, and so far the feedback on the facility has been great.

(In fact, as I wrote this, another person signed up to use one of our private offices).

Interesting news on the teleworking front. The industry analyst firm Forrester Research reported recently that 34 million Americans work remotely occasionally and the number will jump to 63 million in 2016.

Some highlights from Forrester’s report include:

• Collaboration tools like instant messaging, Web conferencing, team sites, and desktop video conferencing make it ever-easier to stay in touch and contribute to the project.
• Employees point out that they will save time in commuting and can get more done for their employers with that time. The benefits of work flexibility and leaving gas in the tank are also real.
• Managers and other high-influence employees are most likely to work from home regularly or occasionally. And that means their growing comfort with the ability to monitor and manage employee productivity will spill over into their support for a telecommuting workforce.

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