Asking Your Employer If You Can Telecommute - FlexJobs

Asking Your Employer If You Can Telecommute - FlexJobsAsking Your Employer If You Can Telecommute -This week, Dilbert (in the comic strip by Scott Adams) asked his boss if he could work from home. Asking your employer if you can telecommute can be difficult.We can guess how it turns out for Dilbert, but if you are strategic in how you ask- you may be able to negotiate a more flexible schedule or the option to telecommute. You should be prepared to address common objections and to explain the value telecommuting offers you AND your employer.Keep reading for some excellent resources to help you ask your employer if you can telecommuteThe following are great resources that provide advice on approaching your employer about telecommuting or working from home.Asking to telecommute in a bad economyHow To Ask your Boss if You Can TelecommuteGetting Permission to Work From HomeHeres How to Convince Your BossHow I Convinced My Boss to Let Me TelecommuteAs telecommuting is getting more popular today, and the benefits to both the employee and the employer are becoming more well-known, many companies are willing to give it a try. Another real benefit to telecommuting is the preservation of the environment.Here is an excellent article on the environmental benefits of telecommuting. Being knowledgeable about how telecommuting is beneficial to organizations, employees, and the environment is an excellent abflug to convincing your boss to try letting you work at home.