Wikipedia describes that telecommuting
… is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute or travel (e.g. by bus or car) …
If you do not commute, how can you call it "commuting?" Where is the commuting, tele- or otherwise? In fact, it's all about not commuting, right?
WP also mentions telework (makes sense) which according to it is not quite the same as "telecommuting."
Etymonline records its origins as
by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
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Wikipedia describes that telecommuting
… is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute or travel (e.g. by bus or car) …
If you do not commute, how can you call it "commuting?" Where is the commuting, tele- or otherwise? In fact, it's all about not commuting, right?
WP also mentions telework (makes sense) which according to it is not quite the same as "telecommuting."
Etymonline records its origins as
by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
etymology terminology neologisms
asked 6 hours ago
KrisKris
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It is a tread in I.T. industry, that you are allowed to work from home during office hours. For that, you need your PC/Laptop, Internet connection, and proper network access. Some times, you have to receive and make calls on your phone. All the facilities: Internet connection, laptop, phone headset, mobile connection are either provided by your employer or you have to bear it. So, yes, we are not required to travel. Check oxford defition
– Ubi hatt
5 hours ago
OP is saying there's no tread involved :)
– TRomano
4 hours ago
Yeah, if you're staying home you're not treading, except to the bathroom and back.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
It just means they don't commute in the physical sense, but in the virtual (via the internet) sense. Usually they are connected via VPN to their desktop (or virtual desktop) and work as if they are there in the office.
– Smock
53 mins ago
@TRomano typo :P "trend"
– Ubi hatt
45 mins ago
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Wikipedia describes that telecommuting
… is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute or travel (e.g. by bus or car) …
If you do not commute, how can you call it "commuting?" Where is the commuting, tele- or otherwise? In fact, it's all about not commuting, right?
WP also mentions telework (makes sense) which according to it is not quite the same as "telecommuting."
Etymonline records its origins as
by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
etymology terminology neologisms
asked 6 hours ago
KrisKris
32.9k541123
Wikipedia describes that telecommuting
… is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute or travel (e.g. by bus or car) …
If you do not commute, how can you call it "commuting?" Where is the commuting, tele- or otherwise? In fact, it's all about not commuting, right?
WP also mentions telework (makes sense) which according to it is not quite the same as "telecommuting."
Etymonline records its origins as
by 1975, as a hypothetical workplace set-up; verbal noun from telecommute. Said to have been coined by Jack Niles of USC.
etymology terminology neologisms
etymology terminology neologisms
asked 6 hours ago
KrisKris
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asked 6 hours ago
KrisKris
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KrisKris
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KrisKris
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It is a tread in I.T. industry, that you are allowed to work from home during office hours. For that, you need your PC/Laptop, Internet connection, and proper network access. Some times, you have to receive and make calls on your phone. All the facilities: Internet connection, laptop, phone headset, mobile connection are either provided by your employer or you have to bear it. So, yes, we are not required to travel. Check oxford defition
– Ubi hatt
5 hours ago
OP is saying there's no tread involved :)
– TRomano
4 hours ago
Yeah, if you're staying home you're not treading, except to the bathroom and back.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
It just means they don't commute in the physical sense, but in the virtual (via the internet) sense. Usually they are connected via VPN to their desktop (or virtual desktop) and work as if they are there in the office.
– Smock
53 mins ago
@TRomano typo :P "trend"
– Ubi hatt
45 mins ago
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show 3 more comments
It is a tread in I.T. industry, that you are allowed to work from home during office hours. For that, you need your PC/Laptop, Internet connection, and proper network access. Some times, you have to receive and make calls on your phone. All the facilities: Internet connection, laptop, phone headset, mobile connection are either provided by your employer or you have to bear it. So, yes, we are not required to travel. Check oxford defition
– Ubi hatt
5 hours ago
OP is saying there's no tread involved :)
– TRomano
4 hours ago
Yeah, if you're staying home you're not treading, except to the bathroom and back.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
It just means they don't commute in the physical sense, but in the virtual (via the internet) sense. Usually they are connected via VPN to their desktop (or virtual desktop) and work as if they are there in the office.
– Smock
53 mins ago
@TRomano typo :P "trend"
– Ubi hatt
45 mins ago
It is a tread in I.T. industry, that you are allowed to work from home during office hours. For that, you need your PC/Laptop, Internet connection, and proper network access. Some times, you have to receive and make calls on your phone. All the facilities: Internet connection, laptop, phone headset, mobile connection are either provided by your employer or you have to bear it. So, yes, we are not required to travel. Check oxford defition
– Ubi hatt
5 hours ago
It is a tread in I.T. industry, that you are allowed to work from home during office hours. For that, you need your PC/Laptop, Internet connection, and proper network access. Some times, you have to receive and make calls on your phone. All the facilities: Internet connection, laptop, phone headset, mobile connection are either provided by your employer or you have to bear it. So, yes, we are not required to travel. Check oxford defition
– Ubi hatt
5 hours ago
OP is saying there's no tread involved :)
– TRomano
4 hours ago
OP is saying there's no tread involved :)
– TRomano
4 hours ago
Yeah, if you're staying home you're not treading, except to the bathroom and back.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
Yeah, if you're staying home you're not treading, except to the bathroom and back.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
It just means they don't commute in the physical sense, but in the virtual (via the internet) sense. Usually they are connected via VPN to their desktop (or virtual desktop) and work as if they are there in the office.
– Smock
53 mins ago
It just means they don't commute in the physical sense, but in the virtual (via the internet) sense. Usually they are connected via VPN to their desktop (or virtual desktop) and work as if they are there in the office.
– Smock
53 mins ago
@TRomano typo :P "trend"
– Ubi hatt
45 mins ago
@TRomano typo :P "trend"
– Ubi hatt
45 mins ago
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Telecommute includes commute by way of analogy, just like the presence in telepresence, the desk in a virtual desktop and arguably, the friendship of a facebook friend.
That is, although there is no commuting in the traditional sense, some of the abstract properties still hold. For example, the person is considered to be ‘at work’, with deliverables and accountability.
Although they don’t ‘go’ to the office in the traditional sense, they still ‘go to work’ in a more abstract sense - one that carries consequences if the work assigned is left undone.
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
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That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
2
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
1
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s a portmanteau. When telecommuting you are commuting via the telecommunications network. All your "travel" is done by the internet. No internet, no work (cf no train, no work).
You’re right in that the word "telecommuting" doesn’t literally mean what it means, but it’s much nicer to say than "telecommunications commuting".
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
2
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
add a comment |
The Oxford English Dictionary describes telecommuting as
The action or fact of working remotely, esp. from home, using
telecommunications technology.
Meaning that the 'commuting' is metaphorically by phone, computer, Remote Desktop Connection etc.
You shouldn't take the word 'commuting' too seriously. Telecommuting is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever.
It seems Wiktionary has it a little off here.
If you don't have access to the OED, here's an M-W link.
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
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"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
1
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
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You could look a the difference as being that teleworking can be done out of hours at the worker's convenience. For instance the teleworker could be provided with scans of paper invoices and delivery notes and be expected to enter all the information into a spreadsheet by 9:00am the next day. If they chose to do this outside the normal working day, perhaps when their children were in bed, this would not really matter so long as the deadline was met.
With telecommuting there is the expectation that the worker will be available by phone, Skype or other online conferencing facility during normal office hours regardless of their domestic circumstances. If online conferencing was involved there would, almost certainly, be a requirement to adhere to a dress code as well. The teleworker could be working in nightwear or the nude, the boss would never know.
Ultimately the telecommuter has a genuine presence in the workplace, even though that is a distance. The teleworker does not, necessarily, have such a presence.
answered 32 mins ago
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Telecommute includes commute by way of analogy, just like the presence in telepresence, the desk in a virtual desktop and arguably, the friendship of a facebook friend.
That is, although there is no commuting in the traditional sense, some of the abstract properties still hold. For example, the person is considered to be ‘at work’, with deliverables and accountability.
Although they don’t ‘go’ to the office in the traditional sense, they still ‘go to work’ in a more abstract sense - one that carries consequences if the work assigned is left undone.
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
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That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
2
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
1
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
add a comment |
Telecommute includes commute by way of analogy, just like the presence in telepresence, the desk in a virtual desktop and arguably, the friendship of a facebook friend.
That is, although there is no commuting in the traditional sense, some of the abstract properties still hold. For example, the person is considered to be ‘at work’, with deliverables and accountability.
Although they don’t ‘go’ to the office in the traditional sense, they still ‘go to work’ in a more abstract sense - one that carries consequences if the work assigned is left undone.
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
31.4k563111
That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
2
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
1
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
add a comment |
Telecommute includes commute by way of analogy, just like the presence in telepresence, the desk in a virtual desktop and arguably, the friendship of a facebook friend.
That is, although there is no commuting in the traditional sense, some of the abstract properties still hold. For example, the person is considered to be ‘at work’, with deliverables and accountability.
Although they don’t ‘go’ to the office in the traditional sense, they still ‘go to work’ in a more abstract sense - one that carries consequences if the work assigned is left undone.
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
31.4k563111
Telecommute includes commute by way of analogy, just like the presence in telepresence, the desk in a virtual desktop and arguably, the friendship of a facebook friend.
That is, although there is no commuting in the traditional sense, some of the abstract properties still hold. For example, the person is considered to be ‘at work’, with deliverables and accountability.
Although they don’t ‘go’ to the office in the traditional sense, they still ‘go to work’ in a more abstract sense - one that carries consequences if the work assigned is left undone.
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
31.4k563111
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
31.4k563111
answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
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answered 5 hours ago
LawrenceLawrence
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31.4k563111
That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
2
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
1
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
add a comment |
That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
2
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
1
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
That entire logic leads to telework rather.
– Kris
5 hours ago
2
2
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
@Kris The terms are related; it’s unsurprising that the logic is as well.
– Lawrence
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Someone said telecommuting when they really meant teleworking. Right? WP has a distinction but that's besides the point anyway.
– Kris
5 hours ago
1
1
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
I always assumed it meant that the data from your computer (or phone or whatever other device you use to connect to work with) commuted to the office on your behalf.
– Jason Bassford
5 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s a portmanteau. When telecommuting you are commuting via the telecommunications network. All your "travel" is done by the internet. No internet, no work (cf no train, no work).
You’re right in that the word "telecommuting" doesn’t literally mean what it means, but it’s much nicer to say than "telecommunications commuting".
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
2
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s a portmanteau. When telecommuting you are commuting via the telecommunications network. All your "travel" is done by the internet. No internet, no work (cf no train, no work).
You’re right in that the word "telecommuting" doesn’t literally mean what it means, but it’s much nicer to say than "telecommunications commuting".
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
2
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
add a comment |
It’s a portmanteau. When telecommuting you are commuting via the telecommunications network. All your "travel" is done by the internet. No internet, no work (cf no train, no work).
You’re right in that the word "telecommuting" doesn’t literally mean what it means, but it’s much nicer to say than "telecommunications commuting".
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
It’s a portmanteau. When telecommuting you are commuting via the telecommunications network. All your "travel" is done by the internet. No internet, no work (cf no train, no work).
You’re right in that the word "telecommuting" doesn’t literally mean what it means, but it’s much nicer to say than "telecommunications commuting".
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
answered 5 hours ago
PamPam
5,0991832
5,0991832
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
2
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
add a comment |
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
2
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
A portmanteau isn't necessarily supposed to be a humorous or joking join, which is what the OP is looking for
– Lordology
4 hours ago
2
2
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
@Lordology, I must've missed that requirement... How have you inferred that?
– Pam
3 hours ago
add a comment |
The Oxford English Dictionary describes telecommuting as
The action or fact of working remotely, esp. from home, using
telecommunications technology.
Meaning that the 'commuting' is metaphorically by phone, computer, Remote Desktop Connection etc.
You shouldn't take the word 'commuting' too seriously. Telecommuting is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever.
It seems Wiktionary has it a little off here.
If you don't have access to the OED, here's an M-W link.
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
1
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
The Oxford English Dictionary describes telecommuting as
The action or fact of working remotely, esp. from home, using
telecommunications technology.
Meaning that the 'commuting' is metaphorically by phone, computer, Remote Desktop Connection etc.
You shouldn't take the word 'commuting' too seriously. Telecommuting is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever.
It seems Wiktionary has it a little off here.
If you don't have access to the OED, here's an M-W link.
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
1
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
The Oxford English Dictionary describes telecommuting as
The action or fact of working remotely, esp. from home, using
telecommunications technology.
Meaning that the 'commuting' is metaphorically by phone, computer, Remote Desktop Connection etc.
You shouldn't take the word 'commuting' too seriously. Telecommuting is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever.
It seems Wiktionary has it a little off here.
If you don't have access to the OED, here's an M-W link.
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
The Oxford English Dictionary describes telecommuting as
The action or fact of working remotely, esp. from home, using
telecommunications technology.
Meaning that the 'commuting' is metaphorically by phone, computer, Remote Desktop Connection etc.
You shouldn't take the word 'commuting' too seriously. Telecommuting is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever.
It seems Wiktionary has it a little off here.
If you don't have access to the OED, here's an M-W link.
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
answered 5 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,325117
1,325117
"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
1
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
1
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
"is just one of those silly coinages that are supposed to be 'humorous' or whatever" is just the thing I am looking to formalize. Please see also: "Expression for an expression meaning what it doesn't mean" english.stackexchange.com/q/490195/14666
– Kris
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "humourous neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
@Kris "facetious neologism"?
– Lordology
5 hours ago
1
1
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Maybe, but only if Niles was being tongue-in-cheek. I don't know if he was.
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
Why the down vote?
– Kris
5 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
You could look a the difference as being that teleworking can be done out of hours at the worker's convenience. For instance the teleworker could be provided with scans of paper invoices and delivery notes and be expected to enter all the information into a spreadsheet by 9:00am the next day. If they chose to do this outside the normal working day, perhaps when their children were in bed, this would not really matter so long as the deadline was met.
With telecommuting there is the expectation that the worker will be available by phone, Skype or other online conferencing facility during normal office hours regardless of their domestic circumstances. If online conferencing was involved there would, almost certainly, be a requirement to adhere to a dress code as well. The teleworker could be working in nightwear or the nude, the boss would never know.
Ultimately the telecommuter has a genuine presence in the workplace, even though that is a distance. The teleworker does not, necessarily, have such a presence.
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You could look a the difference as being that teleworking can be done out of hours at the worker's convenience. For instance the teleworker could be provided with scans of paper invoices and delivery notes and be expected to enter all the information into a spreadsheet by 9:00am the next day. If they chose to do this outside the normal working day, perhaps when their children were in bed, this would not really matter so long as the deadline was met.
With telecommuting there is the expectation that the worker will be available by phone, Skype or other online conferencing facility during normal office hours regardless of their domestic circumstances. If online conferencing was involved there would, almost certainly, be a requirement to adhere to a dress code as well. The teleworker could be working in nightwear or the nude, the boss would never know.
Ultimately the telecommuter has a genuine presence in the workplace, even though that is a distance. The teleworker does not, necessarily, have such a presence.
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You could look a the difference as being that teleworking can be done out of hours at the worker's convenience. For instance the teleworker could be provided with scans of paper invoices and delivery notes and be expected to enter all the information into a spreadsheet by 9:00am the next day. If they chose to do this outside the normal working day, perhaps when their children were in bed, this would not really matter so long as the deadline was met.
With telecommuting there is the expectation that the worker will be available by phone, Skype or other online conferencing facility during normal office hours regardless of their domestic circumstances. If online conferencing was involved there would, almost certainly, be a requirement to adhere to a dress code as well. The teleworker could be working in nightwear or the nude, the boss would never know.
Ultimately the telecommuter has a genuine presence in the workplace, even though that is a distance. The teleworker does not, necessarily, have such a presence.
answered 32 mins ago
BoldBenBoldBen
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You could look a the difference as being that teleworking can be done out of hours at the worker's convenience. For instance the teleworker could be provided with scans of paper invoices and delivery notes and be expected to enter all the information into a spreadsheet by 9:00am the next day. If they chose to do this outside the normal working day, perhaps when their children were in bed, this would not really matter so long as the deadline was met.
With telecommuting there is the expectation that the worker will be available by phone, Skype or other online conferencing facility during normal office hours regardless of their domestic circumstances. If online conferencing was involved there would, almost certainly, be a requirement to adhere to a dress code as well. The teleworker could be working in nightwear or the nude, the boss would never know.
Ultimately the telecommuter has a genuine presence in the workplace, even though that is a distance. The teleworker does not, necessarily, have such a presence.
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It is a tread in I.T. industry, that you are allowed to work from home during office hours. For that, you need your PC/Laptop, Internet connection, and proper network access. Some times, you have to receive and make calls on your phone. All the facilities: Internet connection, laptop, phone headset, mobile connection are either provided by your employer or you have to bear it. So, yes, we are not required to travel. Check oxford defition
– Ubi hatt
5 hours ago
OP is saying there's no tread involved :)
– TRomano
4 hours ago
Yeah, if you're staying home you're not treading, except to the bathroom and back.
– Hot Licks
1 hour ago
It just means they don't commute in the physical sense, but in the virtual (via the internet) sense. Usually they are connected via VPN to their desktop (or virtual desktop) and work as if they are there in the office.
– Smock
53 mins ago
@TRomano typo :P "trend"
– Ubi hatt
45 mins ago