"What if they are watching Oprah? What if they are working in their pajamas?" I've heard this a number of times from managers of telecommuters. My response is "Who cares? Do you ask similar questions about your in-office workers? Maybe they're watching YouTube. Maybe they're chit chatting all day. Maybe they're watching Oprah streaming on the web."
The telecommuter, just like any other employee, is expected to achieve results. If telecommuters, a.k.a. employees, can meet their established goals and objectives while watching Oprah, wearing flannel, or wearing fuzzy bunny slippers then let them have at it. The things that distract from or focus people on work is so highly dependent on an individual's characteristics and traits that it is unfair to mandate this particular "how" for the work to be done. TRUST... BUT VERIFY.
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