[?] Most people, ... saw company layoffs coming. Only a third said it was a complete surprise and about a quarter said they'd been waiting for the axe to fall on their jobs. |
[But the techies surveyed offer the same reasons for not telecommuting that King had mentioned earlier:] In most cases, tech workers don't telecommute because their bosses discourage it or their companies prohibit it, ... Sixty percent of help-desk and support workers don't telecommute at all -- often because they're in the office supporting all the other telecommuters. In some cases, they're working on large, expensive equipment that you just can't take home with you. |
[The controversy in the IT (information technology) career sector over the H-1B visa has again come into stark relief, as techies.com releases a new survey of more than 1,100 tech professionals. The techies.com site is a leading hub of IT industry issues.] And the tech workers we surveyed, ... think it can affect their job security and pay scales. |
And 39 percent said they'd take a pay cut if they were allowed to telecommute. Even if they had to take that pay cut, ... our telecommuters might come out ahead, since several also told us that telecommuting has reduced their costs for gas, auto maintenance, parking, tolls and even clothing. |
And others warned us, |
And people in the Northwest, |
Even full-time telecommuters often told us they furnish their own office and computer and/or communications equipment, |
In a lot of cases, |
In fact, most told us that companies are very reluctant to allow frequent telecommuters to manage others -- 29 percent cited that as the single biggest negative impact that telecommuting had on career advancement. Many also said that telecommuting seems to slow down raises and bonuses. |
In most cases, tech workers don't telecommute because their bosses discourage it or their companies prohibit it. Sixty percent of help-desk and support workers don't telecommute at all -- often because they're in the office supporting all the other telecommuters. In some cases, they're working on large, expensive equipment that you just can't take home with you. |
Just about everyone wants to strike out on their own sometime. But they won't do it for the money -- what they're looking for is more control over their professional lives. |
Most agree the present environment makes it harder to succeed with self-employment. |
New England techies were more likely than others to think the best asset in self-employment is sales ability, |
Respondents in the mountain states -- where self-employed technologists are proportionately rare -- were the most optimistic, regionally. |
Saturation is the key, |