office-free

(AW.fis-free)

adj.

Describes employees whose jobs do not require them to work inside an office.

Example Citation:

"Computer experts and insurance analysts say that severe cost pressures are prompting many companies and industries in the New York region and around the nation to move faster at spinning out their employees as high-tech road warriors. Most notably I.B.M., is about to start an entirely office-free sales force in New Jersey."

— Kirk Johnson, "New Breed of High-Tech Nomads; Mobile Computer-Carrying Workers Transform Companies," The New York Times, February 8, 1994

Earliest Citation:

The cost of other mobile office gear — portable fax machines cost $ 600 to $ 2,000 and laptop computers that can be plugged into a car battery via the cigarette lighter can cost up to $ 2,500 — makes price another barrier to doing business office-free.

— Julie Bennett, "Highly mobile business people hitting road with offices in tow," Crain's Chicago Business, May 11, 1992

Related Words:

digital nomad

flexecutive

flexplace

hot desk

hotelling

modem cowboy/cowgirl

office

telework

teleworkaholic syndrome

touchdown center

workshifting

Categories:

Corporate Culture

Employees