6.4 - Where'd all the parking go?

Box 5.2 talks about virtually identities and the effects of telecommuting on business identities.

As people telecommute with increasing frequency, it is often easy to lose one's sense of identity in the traditional work sense. As a recent RIF (reduction in force) was slated to begin, employees at our site became more nervous. Many telecommuters showed up in person to get some "face time" with their managers. The odd side effect is that we actually ran out of parking in our employee parking lot!!! As I rolled up to work at 10:30am... I found employees circling as if it were Christmas shopping season at the mall.

In my opinion, it's hard to beat the tangible nature of real face-to-face attention. As telecommuting becomes more of a norm, the way employee identities are formed will continue to change. Until that time, I'll have to show up to work earlier when RIF's are occurring. ;)