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I support it to a point, but it really depends on the policies in place to make it effective. I work in IT with 50/50 office/home, and my departments telework schedule ensures that we always have at least two people in the office every day. It's a good balance I think. Other departments telework more than they are in the office, and it never fails when they do finally come in they spend all day standing around talking and catching up with each others personal lives.
Pros:
- Saves me money not having to commute 40 miles every day
- Less distractions from drive-by questions and coworkers that just want to talk to everyone and not work
- I can blast music and hyper-focus on what I need to do
- I don't like people
Cons:
- Not everyone can stay focused on work when remote
- Connection speeds suck (for us)
- Some folks refuse to answer phone calls, emails, messages and I can't just go to their desk and force em to do whatever needs to get done
- we have connectivity requirements that have to be met for network security purposes, and when people telework too much it makes keeping their systems current more difficult
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