Commuting Vs. Productivity

	A	C
1	How long is your commute? (One way, in minutes)	35
2	Let's double it to get your daily round trip	2
3	How many days per year do you commute? (Full time job ~ 250)	250
4	Let's divide these commute minutes by 60 to get commute hours	60
5	Result: this is how many hours you spend commuting in a year	292
6	Now, how many hours per year do you work? (Full time eight-hour-day job ~ 2,087)	2,087
7	Let's divide commute hours by working hours	0.14
8	Let's multiply by 100 to understand it as a percentage of your time	100
9	Result: this is how much more work you could get done if you telecommuted	14%
10	Want to pitch this to your boss using a dollar amount? Input your salary	$80,000
11	What return on investment does your employer estimate from your work? (Often 2-5x)	2
12	Result: this is the productivity value telecommuting would bring to your job	$22,361
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