This is something that's been bugging me lately after a few job interviews with these outfits. I asked them if they had the option to remote work and most were pretty much against it.
Why is that? These companies are supposedly at the forefront of tech innovation with the ability to communicate via WebEx, IMs and email from anywhere in the world but they want you to endure hellish traffic and high cost of living areas to show up at the office park to sit in front of the computer for 8 hours. Meanwhile the place that shocked me for having a good telework policy was the patent office of all places. The interviewers made it a point to say that 80% of the workforce works from home and can work from anywhere in the US.
I though the government was pretty anti telework?
A lot are actually.
Seeing a lot more companies that are open to telecommute.
you might not have the credentials. if you are being headhunted you can likely negotiate this.