美国加州的查/戴广告公司,成了人们注目的焦点。走进这座大楼内,就会发现行政人员的办公室已经不存在了,曾经无处不在的档案柜也不翼而飞了。这是因为公司允许雇员随意选择工作地点,职员可在家里或其他地方利用寻呼机、无绳电话、传真机或电脑等通信工具办公。像这样的公司,人们称之为“虚拟办公室”。1996年的统计数字表明,美国已有300万雇员利用各种通信工具,在办公室以外处理全部或一部分的工作。而且,这个趋势还以每年20%的速度增长。现在,查/戴公司的职员上班,可以在大厅的“接待处”领取便携式电脑和手提电话,然后走进另 The Cha/Dad advertising company in California has become the focus of attention. Entering this building, you will find that the office of the administrative staff no longer exists, and the file cabinets that used to be everywhere are missing. This is because the company allows its employees to choose their place of work at their own discretion. The staff can use a pager, a cordless phone, a fax machine, or a computer to work at home or elsewhere. Companies like this one are called “virtual offices”. The 1996 statistics show that 3 million employees in the United States have used various communication tools to handle all or part of their work outside the office. Moreover, this trend is also growing at a rate of 20% per year. Now, the staff of Cha/Dai company can go to work and can pick up the laptop and mobile phone at the “reception office” in the lobby, and then walk into another company.