Persuading Your Employer:
"Make
a Case for Telecommuting" Guide
The
Telecommuting Agreement
You may be
interested in telecommuting and ready to experiment with it before your
employer has given it much consideration. While this circumstance
is not uncommon, you certainly can increase your odds of gaining approval
for telecommuting by being uncommonly prepared in the way you propose
and plan your telecommuting arrangement. Depending upon your company,
your job, your boss and the current state of business at your company,
you may need to have several meetings with people from various departments,
as well as numerous discussions with your boss.
Bear in mind,
also, that while your boss may be very supportive, you may need
to supply additional information for your boss to use in persuading
other managers or executives to approve your proposal. This may involve
meetings, presentations and written (as well as re-written!) proposals.
To streamline and focus your effort, use the following resources for
justifying, proposing, and initiating an implementation of telecommuting
for your job:
