Telecommuting's Unspoken Disadvantages

Most of the items above are irritating, but other issues are more serious and have lasting effects on and on an employee's belief that he is .

9. Travel Budget? What Travel Budget? When you signed on as a full time telecommuter, everyone (from management on down) agreed how often you would spend a week in the office (say, once every three or four months). But , the very first thing to be cut is the travel budget for your on-site trips. Doesn't that and valued?

10. It's hard to read emotions from afar. This might sound like a "little" thing, but : you miss body language, intonation and serendipitous hallway encounters that help build an organization's integument. Despite e-mail, instant messaging and , it's not the same. (Which is why those quarterly visits are so important.)

11. The lack of immediate, nonverbal feedback.When you attend a meeting in person, you can see when people look uncomfortable at an idea you propose, or when their body language indicates they are offended by a joke you tell. It's hard to fix social or team problems that you can't see.