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We have white-collar labor - professionals, managers, lawyers, etc. We have blue-collar workers - laborers, auto mechanics, construction workers, etc. So, what are green-collar employees? What is a green employer? Why do we care? Ask Al Gore? With the technology advances over the last years, I can't imagine why most office-type employers (lawyers, accountants, real estate agencies, etc.) don't send their employees home with a full computer setup, a webcam, high-speed internet service, VOIP, instant messaging, scanner and fax... how "green-collar" can you get?
Maybe the not-so-tech-saavy management personnel just doesn't realize the "paperless office" is now a reality, that document encryption secures online transmissions, that webcams are inexpensive. What are big overhead costs for a business - office space, energy, parking, premises insurance, utilities, phone systems, office gossip, pilfering ... there is a long list of overhead expenses that have skyrocketed and in the meantime technology has dropped in price and increased in reliability and productivity. Insanity... continues
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