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Find out more about Carl: Carl Weinschenk is a freelance journalist who covers information technology and telecommunications. He currently writes for Information Technology Business Edge and runs The IT-Finance Connection. Weinschenk can be reached at cweinsch@aol.com. |
The suspension of NJ Transit service this morning between Gladstone and Summit N.J. is a great advertisement for telework, telecommuting and staying in bed late.
1010 WINS radio quotes a NJ Transit spokesman
as saying the problem occured when a train’s electrical gear got tangled with the overhead wires.
Everybody who lives in the metropolitan New York area knows that transit troubles are a fact of life. This is particularly true in cold 
weather, which is coming. Being outfitted for telework gives commuters several options that a corporate office-only worker doesn’t have. He or she can work from home or get more work done on the platform or slow moving train than a person with only a cell phone.
In many cases, of course, a problem arises once the worker is on the bus or train. It makes sense, then, for teleworkers to be ready, even if their intent that day is to commute to the corporate office. Teleworkers should take steps to be able to telework on a moment's notice. For instance, they should always have extra laptop and cellphone batteries stashed at the bottom of the brief case. They should subscribe to Optimum’s new Wi-Fi service, which is partly focusing on Long Island Rail Road and other commuter rail stations in the region.
The bottom line is that in a city where so much can go wrong so easily for commuters, teleworkers may end up working remotely – even on days they are heading for the office.
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