What is Reverse Telecommuting?
The original concept of telecommuting allows certain company employees to set up satellite workstations and perform their duties from home. There has always been a concern that largely unsupervised telecommuters would actually spend much of their time taking care of personal business, such as bill paying, Internet surfing, and email clean-up. Now there is a new work phenomenon called reverse telecommuting, in which largely unsupervised office workers take care of personal business while on company time, such as bill paying, Internet surfing and email clean-up. Reverse telecommuting brings the employee’s home into the office or factory environment, complete with all of the personal tasks traditionally performed before and after work hours. It is not unusual to find employees, or employers for that matter, writing personal checks for home-related bills, making personal phone calls to set up medical or social appointments, and playing games or surfing the Internet on company-owned equipme
