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With the price of gas soaring, asking the boss to work from home one or two days a week has become a very serious request, with far reaching financial consequences if the request is denied. You stand a higher chance of being denied if you ask with no prior history of working remotely, attract attention from your peers who all jump on the telecommuting bandwagon, or surprise IT with a huge request for everything at once triggering a complaint to your Boss. The best way to get yourself in a position of approval is to slowly, quietly, set up a home office and create a history of working remotely prior to asking. Here is a plan to put yourself into a position where the Boss is comfortable with approving your request:

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The following is a list is an example of a optimal Telecommuting Environment:

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What is the goal of the 4 day work week we are hearing so much about? Is it saving gas or having a day off? What type of job allows a 4 day work week? Is the Gas Savings more than the Electricity I’m going to use when I’m Home? The following section is a comparison of a typical 4 day Work Week vs. 1 day Telecommute, who and what type of job they are suited for.

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Flash Drives are a convenient, cheap way to backup your data, provided you remember to do it. An application called SyncBack can automate the backups and perform a synchronization of your files and folders. SyncBack has many options including:

• Backup and Restore. You can drill down directories to include or exclude folders and files, and perform incremental backups by date. Backups can be run on a schedule, or manually.
• Synchronization of files and folders between devices and computers. You can also drill down directories to include or exclude folders and files.
• Password protect, FTP, ZIP and email with both options.
• Write to Flash, Disk, and CD/DVD Media

Flash and External Drives can be purchased at the Store.