| It probably wouldn't take much to convince you of the | | | | great savings on their car insurance rates. If |
| benefits of telecommuting. The chance to miss | | | | telecommuting isn't an option for you for one reason or |
| spending hours stuck in rush hour traffic every morning | | | | another (hospital administrators tend to laugh |
| is probably enough to do the trick! All of us want to be | | | | hysterically at phlebotomists who suggest they can do |
| able to go to work in our pajamas, but if you do a little | | | | their job from their living room!) you're not doomed to a |
| digging you're going to find another major benefit to | | | | lifetime of absurdly high insurance payments, but if you |
| saying goodbye to the daily rat race. Car insurance | | | | have the chance to work even part of the week from |
| companies absolutely love telecommuters. | | | | the comfort of your living room you can easily shave |
| What makes telecommuters so special? When you | | | | 10-20% off your annual premiums. |
| bought your car insurance policy you probably had to | | | | If you're working in a job that could easily become a |
| answer a bunch of questions revolving around where | | | | telecommuting position at least part of the time but |
| you worked, how far you traveled and, most | | | | your boss hasn't jumped on the work from home |
| importantly, how many miles you put on your car | | | | bandwagon yet, do a little research to come up with |
| every year. People who put more miles on their car | | | | the best way to pitch the idea to them. Many |
| annually are more likely to be involved in an accident | | | | employers are dragging their feet because they're |
| than those who stick close to home. Yes, statistically | | | | afraid that employees will be less productive working |
| speaking, more accidents happen within ten miles of | | | | from home. The good news is, you've got numbers |
| your home than just about anywhere else, but the | | | | working in your favor here. |
| more time you spend in traffic the worse the odds are | | | | Take a look at your technological capabilities. Do you |
| that you're going to find yourself head to head with | | | | have to spend the day on a multi-line phone system, or |
| another driver. | | | | have access to a fax machine? More importantly, is |
| And then there's the part about road rage and | | | | your company's intranet set up to allow you to move |
| highway fatigue after you've been sitting on the | | | | mass data from home? (This is the problem many |
| interstate for three or four hours, but we won't get into | | | | telecommuters are running into.) Once you've worked |
| that here. | | | | out the specifics of your company's techie needs |
| The bottom line is that telecommuters are less likely to | | | | you're ready to pitch the idea and take the first step |
| cost their car insurance companies money, and car | | | | toward living the American dream and kissing those |
| insurance companies reward that by offering them | | | | suits and ties goodbye. |