1/31/2012

How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work From a Virtual Office

NEW YORK-Telecommuting is all the rage, but that doesn’t mean that your boss is necessarily buying into it. Lisa Quast, a contributor to Forbes magazine, is offering some tips for convincing your boss to let you telecommute.

I found this intriguing. With virtual offices on the rise, it stands to reason that more employees are going to have friends who are telecommuting. They see the benefits their virtual office using friends enjoy, like saving gas money, driving more productivity, and getting home a little earlier from work.

So how do you convince your boss to let you work from a virtual office? How do you even bring up the topic and justify your case? You can get some great tips from Lisa in her article. I’ve summarized the points here:

Take the time to understand how your manager feels about telecommuting in general

Conduct research to determine if any other employees telecommute and how they went about getting it approved – learn from their experience!

Build a solid case for why telecommuting will work and include the specific details on how you will ensure it will work

Use only professionally linked reasons for why you want to telecommute

Ensure you address all sides of the telecommuting situation, including the hot points of your boss

Recommend a trial period to ensure your manager (and you) are comfortable with the arrangement

Do you have advice based on personal experiences with telecommuting that I haven’t listed? Share them below in the “Comments” section.

Build a solid case for why telecommuting will work and include the specific details on how you will ensure it will work

Use only professionally linked reasons for why you want to telecommute

Ensure you address all sides of the telecommuting situation, including the hot points of your boss

Recommend a trial period to ensure your manager (and you) are comfortable with the arrangement

If your boss does buy into the virtual office idea, you can turn to Davinci Virtual Office Solutions for virtual office technologies that help you work smarter, faster and more efficiently.

This entry was posted in Virtual Office and tagged alternative workplace strategies, benefits of telecommuting, irtual offices in new york, telecommuting, virtual offices in los angeles, virtual offices in miami, on January 31, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire

About Jennifer LeClaire

Jennifer LeClaire is a veteran business journalist, editor and new media entrepreneur with a strong niche in real estate and technology.

Services

About Davinci

Customer Care

Connect

How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work From a Virtual Office

Categories

Subscribe to Our Blog

Archive

Services

About Davinci

Customer Care

Connect