| Telecommuting Engineering Services
The ranks of telecommuters rose from 7.6 million in 2004 to 12.4 million in 2006. According to a report by WorldatWork a Scottsdale, Ariz., nonprofit association helping professionals with compensation, benefits, and work-life issues — the sum total of "teleworkers" (both employed and self-employed) working remotely at least one day per month rose from 26.1 million in 2005 to 28.7 million in 2006.
Where do engineers fit into the telecommuting world? We asked MACHINE DESIGN readers whether heir companies let engineers telecommute, and if so, what the guidelines were. John Andrews, an engineering manager in Towanda, Pa., says engineers are allowed to telework, "but there are no ‘guidelines' per se. The only guideline in place is: Get the work done. The measurement of that is left to managers."
Per an article in Machine Design magazine Engineers and Telecommuting by Victoria Reitz
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