5. You can work in your PJs and have your coffee just how you like it, not out of the communal coffee pot or for $6.95 from La Swank Coffee House. Ok, that is really three reasons in one but perfect coffee in your PJs, oh the luxury!
4. You may get a raise by saving your company money on office space. From an interview with Rich Malloy (Editor in Chief of Mobile Office Magazine, “Real estate is a big cost. I mean, you think, the average 10-by-10 office costs maybe $10,000 here in Manhattan, so that when you have, say four, five people sharing one office, you save a tremendous amount of money.”
3. You’ll be more productive. If the comfy clothes and surroundings aren’t enough, Mr. Malloy suggests that since the only way your boss(es) will know you’re working will be by your track-able output, you’ll feel some pressure to actually do more work. And lets face it, co-workers can be distracting. The gossip, the practical jokes, having to share your broad-band with 11 other people who are also trying to listen to musicovery.
2. You can avoid ugly traffic jams or crowded subway cars and use the time you normally use commuting to do other things: sleep, work, laundry, gaming, learning Tai Chi, this could really get out of hand. . .
1. You will reduce your carbon foot-print and save money on either gas or commuter transpo tickets. A person who drives 20 miles round trip (in an Acura type car through city traffic) and gets 4 weeks of vacation each year (so drives to work 240/year) will emit around 5766 pounds of carbon/year just from their commute.
