Working from home is no longer an illusion. It is a REALITY now. I recently read an interesting news on local dailies, the New Straits Times, on November 08, 2009 with the headlines “35 PWD draftsmen to work from home”. It says that The Works Ministry will go ahead with its pilot project to allow 35 draftsmen from the Public Works Department (PWD) to work from home from January next year. The Works Minister, Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, said that the project not only aimed to increase productivity but also to reduce the cost of transport of its staff. Read the full news here<<http://rakan.jkr.gov.my/ups/krtnAkhbar/pdfAkhbar/nst8nov09-a.pdf>>
Also read the working paper on this work from home scheme at PWD. http://rakan.jkr.gov.my/cpk/usm/documents/HumanResource.doc
With the world becoming more and more connected everyday, working from home has become the norm.
Agreed Kalvster and with this current economic situation, more and more people are working on their own and companies are doing an aggressive cost down exercise.