Last year, we witnessed an absolute uproar about Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to reverse the company’s existing telework policy. This week, the 2014 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For list was released. As a nod to the ongoing discussions about company culture, perks, and benefits, we wanted to take this week to talk about telecommuting and the benefits and realities of working remotely.

I am currently the lone, full-time telecommuting employee at The Starr Conspiracy. I wasn't the first and I won't be the last, though. I've been working for other companies remotely for four and a half years in a B2B environment and there are some pretty straight-forward ways to make telecommuting work for both the employer and the employee.