I am a data analyst for a large healthcare company that is telecommute friendly. When I applied for the job on careerbuilder I didn't know that was an option. The amount that I work from home though is a bit of a fluke, as many of my teammates are based out of the corporate headquarters and go in 4 days a week. I go into a local office about 20 times a year. Mainly because there's no reason for me to go in, there's only 1 guy on my team out of the same office, and we don't talk much. So I'll go in if I'm on a random tight deadline (very rare) or if there's an event, like guest speakers. They have good free coffee there that I like, better than the cheapest crap I can buy in bulk at costco, and the office is 5 miles away.
I haven't seen my boss in 2 years (I've been with the company 2.5), and I talk to him about once every 6 months, usually dealing with reviews, but work comes organically, I solve it, and then work on the next thing, so there's really no reason for him to be involved with what I do. Coming from a layoff in the recession I panic sometimes about how isolated I am (I know maybe 10 people out of 200,000) but from what I understand they are fiercely loyal to staff members who eat the company culture and don't make mistakes.
Before this job I was interested in climbing the corporate ladder, but burned out by doing so. Now I make good money, have 2 kids, work from home, flexible hours, so I'm going to coast on cruise control for as long as I can with this. The only big issue, is it's going to be a MASSIVE change if I ever leave this place and go back to going into an office. I don't know if I can do it. I'm 32 now, and hoping with my growing mustache I can retire by 50 (arbitrarily picked, I think in a couple years as my net worth increases I might try pushing for a part time position wfh). So I can deal with this for 18 years, especially since I'm not tied to this area -- I can work from anywhere in the US.