How will the blizzards pounding the northeast affect work? Are they bad enough to prompt a boss to tell workers to stay home?
A new survey by OfficeTeam, a division of Robert Half, a staffing consulting firm, suggests that many managers believe bad weather is a legitimate excuse to shift attendance expectations.
Forty-nine percent of the 306 senior managers polled said their company would allow employees to work from home as a result of inclement weather. Specifically, 20 percent said their firm was "very open" to the idea and 29 percent said they were "somewhat open" to telecommuting.
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