What Remote Workers Need to Know About Career Development



        A few short years ago, a widely covered study by the MIT Sloan Management Review journal claimed that workers who telecommuted were less likely to receive promotions, big raises or good performance reviews than those who work in the office. This discrepancy was no reflection on how dedicated a person was to his or her job, the study found: Remote employees simply didn't have the same "passive face time" as their in-office colleagues, and leaders evaluated workers differently based on whether they were seen in the workplace.
While companies are shifting away from the "out of sight, out of mind" mentality, the fact remains that, unlike office workers, telecommuters can't fake productivity by sitting in a cubicle looking busy — and they may need to work a bit harder to make an impression with their bosses.

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