Do teleworkers have difficulty advancing in their careers?
MITE has found no correlation between telework and lack of career advancement. This question is most often asked because people think that telecommuters are “never around” (the out of sight/out of mind argument). In fact, some telecommuters are in the office more than they are at home. Many teleworkers work remotely just one or two days a week and work in the office the rest of the time. Therefore, they are not easily forgotten. Also, most telecommuters are given the chance to work outside of the office because they show initiative, responsibility and decision making abilities. In the long run, these are qualities that make a person an above-average candidate for promotion. However, there MITE knows of no long term research studies that address this question.
