I'm not certain just where this one belongs [here, "Terrorism" or flames].
I work for the institutional brokerage division of one of the major banks.
I've been telecommuting since I was hired [Spring 2000]. My team has had schedule slippage due to management tasks imposed on the designers [the folks supposed to be performing business rule modeling] occasionaly resulting in a light workload for the programmers [implemented everything we have specs for - while the designers play manager].
In the aftermath of 11 September, and in the fasce of the anthrax scare, we will now be required to make the commute into midtown manhatten - for me that means five to six totaly wasted hours a day [time taken away from both the workday and my personal life.
What is the management logic that would indicate that this would increase my productivity?