The Non-Commute
Mobile Enterprise is Moving!
Can you imagine? Going to work is fast becoming a thing of the past. With more mobile companies and more mobile technology-based workers, the Insight Research Corporation states,
"The model of centralized industrial efficiency is now being rendered obsolete by the transformative power of ubiquitous broadband wireless communications."
Just what does this mean for those of us who have not enjoyed retirement yet? It means a lot of things. Gone are the days of the commuting to a building. "Conversations at the water cooler" will become as obsolete as the rotary-dial telephone. With employers actively promoting the expansion of mobile workforces that span the globe, technology-enabled companies provide continuous communications with employees outside the office. Here are just some of the facts from the Telework Coalition Study:
• 89 of the top 100 US companies offer telecommuting;
• 58 percent of companies consider themselves a virtual workplace;
• Only nine percent of employees worked at headquarters; and
• 67 percent of all workers used mobile and wireless computing.
Another interesting statistic from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that the United States is transitioning from a manufacturing economy to a service economy. This has caused a redistribution of employment - across continents. The BLS projects that by 2012, 15 million jobs will be added to the services sector. Imagine that!
In some ways, it is strange to think that "going to work" or "going to the Office" is going away and staying at home is the new workplace. Maybe there is a bright spot. I think the sad part is the 'community' lost in the transition. While we have the ability to build communities over the Internet waves, still the face-to-face cannot be replaced.
Technology. Change. Making the world and the workplace more accessible to everyone. Everyone with a connection that is!
Published by Michele Starkey
Optimist who enjoys writing, laughing and spreading good news. If I have but one life to live, I hope to make mine memorable. My epitaph will read: she lived, she loved, she left. View profile
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Great report!
Hey, isn't that US!?
great post quite interesting
People will have to get a glass of water and go on chat. Seriously, the water cooler talks help people to know things about the company.
It's interesting how technology is changing our way of life. Hopefully, it's all for the better.
Very interesting indeed!
Good info on this change to the work routine for many.
Commuting sucks! I love working at home, but as you say, sometimes miss the workplace camaraderie.
That was very interesting.