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[quote=Anonymous]It's so hard to talk about this in general terms since teleworking is still relatively new. Many managers--particularly older ones--are not comfortable with it. Period. They believe you lose too much by not being face to face, or they don't trust that you're working, or they fear a general loss of control.

At some point in the not-too-distant future, this won't be the case anymore because teleworking will become the norm (or at least as common as being in the office), and it won't require any sort of special accommodation. People will develop relationships remotely, and the earth will continue to spin on its axis. I've watched this evolution happen at my own firm, where remote work arrangements were extremely uncommon 7-8 years ago (when one of my direct reports went remote) to being so common that pretty much every meeting I'm in includes people working remotely.

But for now, OP, it's so office- and manager-dependent. If you sense that your office isn't hospitable toward it, it probably will hurt your career in the short term. But you might decide that the flexibility and lifestyle improvement it provides is worth slowing down your career for.[/quote]

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