- Corporate culture. Offices are a place to share ideas and to socialize. Telecommuters have a harder time learning the ‘IBM’ or ‘Quality Plus Engineering’ way.
- Loyalty. Workplace relationships such as loyalty and allegiance may wane.
- Communication. Face-to-face communication and understanding may wane in telecommuting.
- Access. People-to-people communication provides the resources to getting things done. Telecommuting doesn’t provide the urgency to get things done.
- Managerial control. Out-of-sight – out of mind. Managers feel uncomfortable if they don’t have face time with a team member or subordinate.
- Access to resources. Offices are often situated near physical work artifacts, such as file cabinets, books, and product examples. Telecommuters sometimes can’t access these.
⎫ Corporate structure. Office, vehicles, and parking spaces communicate status and authority. Virtual enclaves have few of these.