Well here's a less positive item compared to most of the information I gather. The author raises the point that isolation from the workplace can impede your career.
 
I tend to agree, nothing replaces Face2Face contact, but I still believe we can improve the methods for networking and collaboration in our telecommuting and work from home worlds.
 
Read Robert Mitchells article below

Why telecommuting just might kill your career prospects
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5357

By Robert L. Mitchell on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 10:53am

Do you telecommute? If so, you can forget about rising through the corporate ranks, says the former CEO of General Electric. "Working remotely may be ideal for your lifestyle. But you can't phone in real leadership," argue Jack and Suzy Welch in their Business Week column, The Importance of Being There.
"For you, telecommuting may also be ideal, or it could be a total disaster, especially if you want to climb the corporate ladder," they say.
Welch is well known for his successful tenure at GE and its buttoned down corporate hierarchy. But he is also from a generation that never fully absorbed the digital life.
Some would say that this attitude will change as younger managers, who grew up with the Web, social networking and cell phones, rise to the top ranks. We might see a corporate culture change. Or the old adage may hold that the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Are the Welch's behind the times here? Or are they right that face time is and always will be the key to success?

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