Gas prices..."driving" work-at-home

Sure, gas prices have been going up for years and we all thought that over time
this would drive more people to work from home. Well, the recession came and
everyone feared a lack of face-time and lucky just have a job etc etc.  Some
analysts predicted it would take for gas prices to exceed $3.25/gallon before people
would finally consider altering their commute-life.

So that time has come and the changes will start to occur. This might be the catalyst
that makes the changes kick-in high speed. I've been travelling a lot the past year
and visting many companies of various sizes.  I can tell that things are different...
you "hear" less in the hallways. You see that everyone still owns a cube, but the
number of people up-and-about is far less.  People are starting to be way more flexible
with the hours in-the-office...working a day or two at home, working a few hours one
one side of the day or the other (in the office), etc etc.

Most of the people that stll show up for work are doing so out of habit...a habit that is
very hard to break.  Once in a while I'll stop someone and ask them questions to truly
understand if they needed to be there that day. When they think long and hard about it,
usually they start to realize they would have been at least as productive at home, and
quite likely more (far fewer distractions and much more multi-tasking opportunity when
taking calls from home instead of visitors in-office).

A car that is getting 20 miles/gallon is now costing you $35/week just to get back and
forth to work...that $170/month or like getting a $2K *raise* for just not driving into
work.  You'll work more hours (giving back your commute time) for sure...and will slowly
evolve to a fully integrated life (meaning nights, weekends, holidays all have some amount
of work in them), and in return you'll miss fewer soccer games or ballet practices.

Not to mention keeping with the weeding and washing a bit too...

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