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Comtech Services, Inc.
http://www.comtech-serv.com
In the most recent CIDM-sponsored survey on telecommuting, many managers
stated that they allow telecommuting to promote a balance between work
and family life.
Although this balance may be a corporate goal stated by
organizations, recent evidence presented by Dr. David Finegold at the
January 2001 World Economic Forum suggests that work/life balance does
not contribute to retention. High-tech employees do state that a
work/life balance is the most important goal to them, but after running
a multiple regression analysis on his data, Dr. Finegold found that
work/life balance did not contribute significantly to high-tech employees
staying at a particular company. They are much more likely to stay with a
company for career advancement, financial rewards based on company
performance (like stock options), and innovation and risk. Because the
goal of a work/life balance may not contribute to retention, departments
that offer telecommuting for this reason may need to reassess the reasons
they allow telecommuting.
If you are interested in the full analysis of the CIDM telecommuting
survey, you can read it in the June issue of the Best Practices
newsletter.
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Read Jakob Nielsen's article, Retaining
Key Staff: What High-Tech Employees Say versus What They Do
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