Telecommuting: cons

On the flipside of the aforementioned benefits is the fact that telecommuting can cost us jobs in CT.

The following is a brief story, intended to give an example of how telecommuting has already taken away one job from our high cost state.

Earlier this year I was knocking on doors in Cheshire and I was told a story. The gentleman's admin ass't had recently retired. He needed someone new. At first, he figured he'd look for someone locally. But he then started to think more about it. Rather than simply finding a new admin ass't, he decided to consider what his needs really were.

He soon realized that since he was on the road a large percentage of the time, he rarely had "face time" with his admin. Most of his work was done over the phone or via email. Therefore, he concluded that he didn't really need to hire someone to be "seated" in his CT-based office.

He could hire someone from anywhere. His next admin ass't could telecommute. Which raised the next question:

Where can I find the most qualified, yet least expensive, person?

His conclusion: not Connecticut

Does anyone know of any CT studies that have been done on this?

Tim White
Town Council, 4th District