And another expert looking forward into 2013. This time Brett Caine, senior vice president and general manager for the Citrix Online Services division:
The number of work-at-home employees is increasing dramatically and not just day-extenders. For the first time we are seeing companies implement work-at-home policies and practices that make it possible to work from home as a full member of the team. Everyone wants flexibility, more and more ask for it and the millennials will demand it. …
Casual Fridays will become Work-from-Home Fridays
The tablet generation has already redefined the workplace. This on-the-go generation is not defined by four walls and a desktop computer. They are mobile. Mobile is the new normal. It’s not the exception. … In return, we will have a more dynamic workforce and work environment instead of the same old stagnant cube nation.
via Why The Simmering Social Revolution In The Workplace Will Boil Over In 2013 – Forbes.
Looking back my past 8 years I can confirm this view. The technique made it possible to work from any other place, mostly from my home office.