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Originally Posted by Supz
In the corporate world it is a bit different. Working from home and working for yourself from home are not the same. Remote workers is a big initiative for a lot of companies because of the cost. Most technology companies are all remote worker based including Barracuda Networks, Cisco, Citrix, VMware etc... They have office space if you want to go in, but its not mandatory, and all of these are successful companies. If you are a engineer of some sort, there are tools to monitor hours worked and progress on jobs etc. If you are not getting the job done. You are going to get fired. It is simple as that. If you are a remote sales person who works in the field etc. If you dont put up your numbers. your are going to get fired.
As far as Sir Branson is concerned. He is correct when he says that remote workers are the future. This is pretty typical in the corporate mainstream world. I sell technology services and this has been a big push for the last 3-4 years. Virtual Desktops, VoiP Softphones etc...
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I think this is a big reason for a big decline in peoples general knowledge and it also leads people to be less knowledgeable about what their company actually do.
I'm currently at the MWC and when looking at the different booths many of them contain powerful words but no statement.
I walked up to a rather big 2 story booth after looking at the "keywords" they had written on their booth, they where related to something I was searching for. I asked them what their services was about and the guy in the booth couldn't give me any real answer. He concluded that it would probably be a good idea to schedule a meeting with his sales director the same day.