LC> motivated, since you will no longer be watching over 
 LC> them in person.  On the other hand, it's very easy to 
 LC> tell who is doing a good days work and who is not - the 
 LC> work either is there, or it isn't.  Biggest drawback to 
 LC> shifting to a home based office is loss of "storefront" 
 LC> - if your customers need to be able to come to  an 
 LC> office, if a significant segment of your business is 
 LC> from "walk in" customers, then moving the entire 
 LC> business into home offices won't work.
 When you hire new employees, do you interview them in person or just via 
email and phone?  Do you require that all the staff use certain programs to 
eliminate incompatibility (ie. Wordperfect vs Word)?  How do you maintain a 
central number where clients can call to order?  Can they call a central 
answering service and then be call forwarded to your home?
Thanks for talking about this.  I find the topic extremely interesting.
Garland
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