The best thing that resulted from high gas prices may be the more cost-effective solutions offered by employers. According to your vote for the best office trend in 2008, that's definitely the case! Thirty-nine percent of you said the introduction of the four-day work week [1] (working 10 hours per day) is your favorite trend of the year.

The second-place winner, telecommuting, received 32 percent of your votes, including my own. I definitely couldn't swing a four-day week with my job, but telecommuting is a beautiful thing for those of us who are able to do our jobs away from the office. My prediction is this trend will become even more popular next year.

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