Telecommuting?

With the ever so fast rising of gas prices, I have been wondering how many ppl are trying to go this route?

I work as a system administrator, currently doing this for 5 months now; I have 2 remote sites that I look after. I am seriously thinking of suggesting the idea of the telecommuting from home, as 95% of my work can be done remotely. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions of how to bring this topic of conv up to my boss, I have a conf call tomorrow (a weekly thing) I thought that this would be a great time, as we generally discuss any concerns/issues that I may have.

Public Comments

1. that call sounds like the perfect place to plant the seed. if your blown off try again later to bring it up & find out what concerns there are. try to think of benefits for the company.

2. A large part is how the company looks at it. Some managers figure that if they can't see you, you are probably not working. Others are more open. One way to do it is to propose a day or two a week and see if that is accepted. The one day can more easily be expanded to 2 and so on.