I used to commute to Microsoft every day and it was a huge drain on my life in general. Telecommuting is an available option, but it never works because everyone else is still at work and I would miss out on lots of stuff.

I think Microsoft should introduce telecommute days where entire teams work remotely for a day, once every month, in a staggered schedule. This way, almost everyone you need to interact with is online all day and nobody feels awkward about working remotely.

Telecommute days could have mutiple immediate and long-term benefits to the company and community:
- Reduced daily traffic because there would always be multiple teams telecommuting every day
- Reduced power consumption at Microsoft (monitors would be off)
- Potential for reducing cafeteria expenses (less people at the cafe every day)
- Reduced carbon emissions
- More productive time for workers
- Improved online communications skills (since everyone would be practicing)

Overall, I think it would be a great thing to do for Microsoft, it's employees, and the greater Seattle area.

Proceeds of the project will go to the Microsoft Give campaign.