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Subject: Re: Working at Home
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Date: 21 Jun 88 14:52:00 GMT
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From: jks@mrmarx.UUCP (Jan Stetson)
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Subject: Re: Working at Home
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>Because firms discovered that:

	It's my impression that firms have never really tried it.
	Most of the prople I know who do substantial work at home 
	do so by special arrangement with their employer.  
	I suspect that fear of loss of control over employees
	etc. has precluded actually finding out what would happen.


		- jks -