>>Our company is growing rapidly and we are considering allowing developers to telecommute to some degree. I was asked to do some research as to what kinds of policies exist among other companies allowing telecommuting and with what results.
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>>If any of you that do telecommute to some degree could give me your insights as to what the policies are for the company you work for, I would really appreciate it!
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>I used to telecommute at another company. We had to come in to the office at least once a week for status meetings. Also, since we were using a VPN, proper security measures were strictly enforced.

Hi, John.

We did something simmilar working with free-lancers for some projects. The main challenge (harder than security), was to keep schedule control in a "distibuted" office. But once we got comfortable with that, it was good to be able to handle big projects without the need of moving from our office.