Article Review - Compensation/Benefits Issue - MGT 431

It is no secret that telecommuting has quickly become one of the fastest growing trends in the business world today. Some of the country's largest employers, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Edward Jones have chosen to exploit the benefits and reap the savings of telecommuting in employee recruitment and retention costs. IBM announced a $700 million savings in property costs last October, after trusting a quarter of its 320,000 employees to work from home (Walmesly 25). Sitting at home in one's pajamas, bashing away at the computer at 8am instead of fighting the morning commute certainly has…