Following up on the flex time theme, a new study released from the University of Maryland reports that only 2% of Americans currently telecommute. The National Technology Readiness
Survey, full report (pdf), also found that less than half of workers take advantage of the opportunity to telecommute.
Some of their findings:
- 2% telecommute full time
- 25% of workers have the opportunity and type of job suited to telecommuting
- 11% of the above workers telecommute
- 91% of workers drive to work
- The median commute for US workers is 20 minutes and 10 miles each way
- 82% of American workers have internet access at home, 69% high speed
And the surprise finding: if every one of the 25% that could telecommute did so, it would save those employees $3.9 billion dollars in gasoline costs. The time savings from those employees not commuting would be equivalent to 470,000 full time jobs.
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