1. Teleworking: The myth of working from home
Vocabulary:
to prompt
recipient
to ban
an insight
retailing
a survey
self-employed
to espouse
CFO
to noodle
antipathy
regardless
to skive
to be flabbergasted
biased
to overlook
trade union
to take off
output
pitfall
a grown-up
remote working
to drive
to predict
broadband
laptop
achieve
a volunteer
pay rise
tendency
outdated
counterproductive
to pioneer
to turnover
to sign in
on the increase
Comprehension questions:
(1) Why has Yahoo banned staff from doing telecommuting?
(2) Does Branson agree with this standpoint?
(3) What sort of companies could not engage in telecommuting?
(4) Is the telecommuting trend rising or declining in the UK and the US?
(5) What percentage of employees consider their home their primary place of work?
(6) What does the CFO of Google Patrick Pichette argue?
(7) Why are companies so reluctant to take up this way of working?
(8) What are the downsides from the employees’ point of view?
(9) Do teleworkers tend to work more or less, according to the text?
(10)What did Professor Glass highlight?
(11)Is Alan Denbigh in favor of or against teleworking? Summarize his ideas.
