If you're like most Telecommuting Flex Success Proposal Template users, you are breaking new ground at your place of employment. There are no formal telecommuting policies to guide you or your manager. No one else is doing it—that anyone else knows about, anyway!

Take the Path of Least Resistance FIRST

So given those conditions, I suggest you take the path of least resistance in order to get approval of your request to work from home. 

That usually means using the employer’s existing equipment or, more than likely, equipment that you already own or may purchase.

List the hardware and access-line specifics under your proposal heading labeled, Physical Set-up. (Specifics found in Telecommuting Flex Success )

This approach has worked many times over for Flex Success users who were the first in their department or company to get approval to telecommute. (If you're interested in reading about some of them, see the Flex Success Hall of Firsts.)

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THEN Go for the Employer-Paid Route

After three to six months of productive telecommuting and a positive evaluation of the trial period, you are in a more established position to put in requests for the employer to pay for or reimburse equipment, maintenance, office supplies, software, telephone and Internet-access lines.

My other suggestion is for you to learn more about this and a myriad of other aspects of telecommuting by visiting Gil Gordon’s Web site, one of the best and most comprehensive telecommuting-related Web sites. 

Start at the Frequently Asked Questions page. The questions are arranged by topic headings and allow you to quickly and easily skim the lists of questions and answers under each topic which pertain to your interests. You’ll find several related to the equipment issue.

The Fastest Way to Write a Convincing Proposal

If you're looking for a short-cut path to putting together a professional, organized, convincing proposal to telecommute, order Telecommuting Flex Success Proposal Template.

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Consultant Pat Katepoo has thought of everything, put it into no-nonsense terminology and included an irresistible business case. Just fill in the blanks.  Susan Seitel, President, WFC Resources

Dear Pat...I'm on my way to telecommuting!...your proposal...worked like a charm. [It] provided me with the correct framework to tailor my telecommute request to my personal and professional situation. It was money well spent...thank you...Ron Herber, American Water Heater, Johnson City, TN