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Doug Stout, left, Adrian Paris, center, and Tim Dixon work at the Inland/Hobbs Material Handling shop in Las Vegas. Their boss Rick Kwiatkowski, pictured on the laptop, lives in Phoenix. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
When the cat’s away, the mice work As communication technology improves, more companies give employees less on-site supervision By Ed Koch | Special to Vegas INC
In Las Vegas and across the country, many self-starting employees have shed the shackles of on-site, whip-cracking bosses to enjoy the freedom offered by virtual or remote offices. ¶ Working from home a few — or maybe a few thousand — miles away from bosses is becoming increasingly popular. It’s a setup both remote bosses and their workers enjoy. ¶ “It’s part of the cyber world we now live in,” said longtime Los Angeles Times reporter John Glionna, who r e mot e b oss es, Continue d on pag e 11
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Number of RadioShack stores in the Las Vegas Valley scheduled to close as part of the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
$22,400 Median annual income of payday loan borrowers, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is set to propose restrictions on the industry.