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December 13, 2001

Telecommuting picks up since Sept. 11

By DAVE CARPENTER
AP Business Writer

  • There's been a surge in inquiries since the attacks as employers and employees re-examine their options in a world of changed priorities.
Until Sept. 11, software engineer Marcella Parsons worked long days at the office for a Silicon Valley networking company and dreamed of retiring to the mountains someday.


"I work in a very focused environment. There are no distractions of conversation around me. It's just me and the dog all day."

Lisa Larimer Burtis,
telecommuter

The terrorist attacks changed her attitude toward life, and work. She's now a full-time telecommuter, spending those 12-hour workdays at the alpine condo she moved to near Lake Tahoe, where she's happier and professes to be just as productive.


 
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