[RepublitarianRoger2]

Well, increasingly, they're having people in India do it. Sad but true.

But on the telecommuting thing, my managers' main reason is to foster a cohesive "team" of coworkers, working in close proximity, so that we can supposedly learn things from each other easier that way rather than being scattered around in our respective homes. What the managers don't realize is that we instant-message, e-mail and phone each other more often than talk face-to-face anyway, even though we're only several feet from each other.

[RepublitarianRoger2]

Oops, that should say “my managers’ main reason for denying telecommuting is...”