The woes of telecommuting
Working from home can make you crave human contact
Last week, Best Buy joined Yahoo to ban employees from telecommuting — a subject on which I am becoming an expert.
As a self-employed writer, I telecommute every day. Thanks to the Internet and my cell phone, I can work for clients from anywhere — my home office, a coffee shop, a campsite in the woods.
And it’s starting to get to me.
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