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essay topic :Telecommuting makes work better

Summary: According to the survey conducted by CDW-G, an outstanding information provider technology, about 2/3 interviewed people want to telecommute, and the reasons are:to get rid of commute, to achieve work-life balance,and also to save money, and telecommuting can bring these benefits to people.

The article reveals that telecommuting can help people who work in New York City save 6 years during the track of 40-year working, an ordinary worker in USA wasters about 4 years on working back and forth, and actually four years can be spent on their family, interests, even on work.

It’s also indicate that the most obvious benefit of telecommuting is increased flexibility; it offers e-worker more freedom to handle family things, and an overwhelming percentage of 90% e-workers feel happy with the life that telecommuting provides them.

Moreover, research shows telecommuters are more productive than their office colleagues, and 40% surveyed e-workers said they’re more productive at home. Besides these, one typical e-worker can save $7,000- $17,000 a year.

In short, telecommuting has many advantages, and it can improve workers' life quality and work productivity.

Reference: Kate Lister ,Tom Harnish, Undress for success, the naked truth about making money at home.

Response: the article started with the survey to show how many people want to work from home, then analysis the probable reasons, and the content supports my view of what benefits staff can get from telecommuting from 3 aspects. In the first place, the article talking about what telecommuting brings us is positive, it's in the same position with my essay, and the author gives detailed information to support his opinion, for example, the first reason is people want to get rid of commute, the author interprets it from another angle which is the time wasted on commuter can be spent on other things. In addition, it shows the study figures, I can reference these parts to make the essay more evident and persuasive.Further more, and it has an all-round view which can complement my opinion,for instant, in my view, flexibility just means the e-worker can enjoy flexible working condition and schedules, but in this article, it means the whole family can enjoy, because e-worker can schedule their work according to family, such as, send kids to school, make meals. In conclusion, it broadens my view, and provides useful information which can be used in my essay.