One Third of Telcom Staff More Productive Working From Home 109
Qedward writes "British telecoms operator O2 has found that 88% of its staff are just as productive working remotely, while one-third claimed that they actually got more work done when they worked from home. 3,000 employees at O2's head office took part in a program that had them to work from home for one day, as practice for problems that may occur during the Olympic Games. From the article: '“The success of O2’s experiment extends much further than just allowing some of the workforce to stay at home and work. It proves that with the right thinking and planning, even the largest organizations can protect themselves from the most severe disruptions to their business,” said Ben Dowd, business director at O2.'"
Re:Keep the pjs on? (Score:5, Informative)
See the Seinfeld episode about "good naked" versus "bad naked".
Re:Reduces pollution too (Score:5, Informative)
From Wikipedia: 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 -> 16 CO2 + 18 H2O
Carbon is about 12 standard atomic weights, hydrogen about 1 and oxygen about 16, so 228 atomic weights of gasoline and 800 atomic weights of oxygen results in 704 atomic weights of CO2 and 324 atomic weights of water. Sounds about right to me when you take into account a few additives to the gasoline.
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