One way to help you juggle your work/life commitments is to telework, to work from home a day or so each week. When you telework, you not only get a more relaxed working environment; you save an hour of commute time and you can schedule your 8 hour work-day around your life for once. It may surprise you that the average State employee will spend six (40-hour) workweeks in their car this year just commuting to and from work. So the more you telework each week, the more time you redeem for your other priorities.

Since 1993, all Arizona Governors have included telework as an important part of their plan to help put an end to our notorious Brown Cloud.  Additionally, telework is a powerful key business strategy to help the State attract and retain quality employees.

All State agencies, boards and commissions are mandated by Executive Order to implement the State of Arizona Telework Program with the goal of having 20% of all employees in Maricopa County actively participating.

Within State government, offering the opportunity to work at home is a management option; teleworking is not a universal employee benefit. Supervisors may select those candidates who are the right kind of worker, have the right kind of job and have the right home environment to be successful teleworkers. 

Take this quick self assessment survey to help you decide if teleworking will work for you. If you believe your answers indicate you’re likely to be a successful teleworker, you can approach your supervisor about the possibility of working from home one day a week or whenever is appropriate. Take your completed self-selection survey with you as justification for your request. If your supervisor agrees that you are a candidate for telework, the two of you can use the State's telework training materials to help you work out a written telework agreement.