It's no accident that many employers who use telecommuting also make available options such as job-sharing, part-time work, compressed work weeks, flextime, and others. These all have in common the idea that appropriate flexibility makes good business sense for the employer and employees alike. In general, employers who are stuck on the old 9-to-5 model of everyone being a full-time, "regular" worker are really out of date - and missing a good opportunity to attract and retain top-quality workers who need more flexibility.