My Telecommuting Story

I have been telecommuting full time from Pennsylvania, since January of 2001 and prior to that, I telecommuted from Woodbridge, VA. When I lived closer to the office, I went in once a week, to check on paper work and to let them know I was still alive basically. At that time, telecommuting was still something my boss wasn't 100pct comfortable with, plus she enjoyed "seeing me" :-) As time went on, the need for me to be physically in the office became less and less important, and to tell you the truth, it wasn't even needed when I did go in.

My loss of stress from the daily commute was worth it's wait in gold. How it all came about was I told my boss, the owner of the corporate travel agency that I work for, that I wanted to move back home, to Pennsylvania. My complaints were I missed my family and the stress of the commute was simply not worth living and working in the DC area. So, I worked from my home in Woodbridge for 3 years or so and as my son got older, I realized that I still wasn't fully happy. I really needed to be home in Pennsylvania, to have the loving support of my family. I had NO family in the DC area. I had put in my time in as a single woman in "the big city" and because the telecommuting had worked out so well for all of us, my boss agreed to let me continue working for her and live in Pennsylvania too. I truly have the best of both worlds and short of sounding hokey, I am truly blessed.