When discussing the many benefits of telecommuting, it is almost always a foregone conclusion that it is the employee who benefits from this new mode of doing business. The highlighted points usually involve the employees' ability to no longer have to waste valuable time being stuck in rush hour traffic, and also the fringe benefit of being home when children are coming home from school. While this is undeniably true, some of the benefits that are associated with telecommuting do not just have to do with the employee, but also the employer.
Such benefits include the ability make do with less office space, and to put the employee into a mutually ownership position of her or his work, so that customers and clients will receive a greater level of service. Yet very often the many benefits available to the company at large are overlooked. While the employer itself may only be one dot on the map for a large company, the overall benefits that will befall the company that makes telecommuting a company-wide opportunity for qualified employees cannot be overlooked.
When one small satellite office of the company succeeds, it is always a good time to see what works there that might work in other markets as well. Productivity is almost always the first litmus test that must be met for a satellite office to be considered successful, while fiscal savings rank as a close second.
A company will benefit undisputedly from telecommuting workers on a number of levels. First and foremost is the fact that employees no longer feel chained to their desks by an eight to five schedule. Sure, a worker may take a longer lunch, stop by the neighbors fence to chat for a bit, and perhaps even mow the yard during regular working hours, but on the upside this same worker is much more likely to remain at his or her computer and continue working until a project is finished than will be the worker who still has to fight traffic on the way home.
Similarly, the telecommuting worker is much more likely to pick up the work again after family obligations have been met in the evening than it is likely for the office worker to once again get into the car and return to the office to complete a certain project.Another savings opportunity presents itself when you consider the reduced employee turnover your company will experience. After all, telecommuting jobs are hard to come by and it is not surprising that these employees will work harder to ensure that the company will be satisfied with their performance to ensure that their position itself is safe.
All in all, telecommuting is truly a win-win situation for the employer, employee, and the parent company. What could your employees do if they were not stuck in traffic every single day for two or more hours? Look around you are you yourself are probably stuck in that same workday traffic: there are plenty of executives, data entry personnel, and others who are clogging the roads, yet is their presence at your company really required? Sure, you need a data entry clerk, but does she have to sit at a desk every single day to receive her work assignments? Could they not just as easily be delivered to her? Perhaps you could cut down the amount of time that she spends in the office while giving her the opportunity to work at home.
If your mind is working in that general direction, then you are probably ready to contemplate telecommuting for the people in your office. As an employer, you know that there are numerous benefits for you. While almost everyone thinks about the many advantages this mode of work has for the employee, the other side is rarely considered.
Here are some of the most obvious benefits to your operation and bottom line! First and foremost you will be able to save on space. Space equals money, and instead of expanding your operation every few years when new personnel needs to be hired on to keep up with the growth of your business, you will be able to continue leasing the same space without making costly renovations to cram people into the small space.
Having a number of telecommuters working for you enables you to stagger the times when they come in and thus three to five workers can share one work station! While the initial cost of setting up several of your qualified employees to telecommute might be off-putting, consider the money you will save in facility related costs, and you will break even very soon. With the many software innovations, you will no longer have to attend long and drawn out meetings that take time away from the many tasks you could be performing.
Instead, online meetings, conference calls, and group emails will permit you to continue your supervision of the projects that are outstanding while at the same time freeing up time for everyone who would normally have to travel to meetings and take up time that could be better spent working on a task. These are but two of the many facets that make up the advantages telecommuting can offer to the employers.
Do not make the mistake of dismissing the idea immediately. Sure, you will need to make sure that the person to whom you entrust this kind of work is disciplined enough to handle it, but once you have found them, you will be sure to reap great benefits.
Such benefits include the ability make do with less office space, and to put the employee into a mutually ownership position of her or his work, so that customers and clients will receive a greater level of service. Yet very often the many benefits available to the company at large are overlooked. While the employer itself may only be one dot on the map for a large company, the overall benefits that will befall the company that makes telecommuting a company-wide opportunity for qualified employees cannot be overlooked.
When one small satellite office of the company succeeds, it is always a good time to see what works there that might work in other markets as well. Productivity is almost always the first litmus test that must be met for a satellite office to be considered successful, while fiscal savings rank as a close second.
A company will benefit undisputedly from telecommuting workers on a number of levels. First and foremost is the fact that employees no longer feel chained to their desks by an eight to five schedule. Sure, a worker may take a longer lunch, stop by the neighbors fence to chat for a bit, and perhaps even mow the yard during regular working hours, but on the upside this same worker is much more likely to remain at his or her computer and continue working until a project is finished than will be the worker who still has to fight traffic on the way home.
Similarly, the telecommuting worker is much more likely to pick up the work again after family obligations have been met in the evening than it is likely for the office worker to once again get into the car and return to the office to complete a certain project.Another savings opportunity presents itself when you consider the reduced employee turnover your company will experience. After all, telecommuting jobs are hard to come by and it is not surprising that these employees will work harder to ensure that the company will be satisfied with their performance to ensure that their position itself is safe.
All in all, telecommuting is truly a win-win situation for the employer, employee, and the parent company. What could your employees do if they were not stuck in traffic every single day for two or more hours? Look around you are you yourself are probably stuck in that same workday traffic: there are plenty of executives, data entry personnel, and others who are clogging the roads, yet is their presence at your company really required? Sure, you need a data entry clerk, but does she have to sit at a desk every single day to receive her work assignments? Could they not just as easily be delivered to her? Perhaps you could cut down the amount of time that she spends in the office while giving her the opportunity to work at home.
If your mind is working in that general direction, then you are probably ready to contemplate telecommuting for the people in your office. As an employer, you know that there are numerous benefits for you. While almost everyone thinks about the many advantages this mode of work has for the employee, the other side is rarely considered.
Here are some of the most obvious benefits to your operation and bottom line! First and foremost you will be able to save on space. Space equals money, and instead of expanding your operation every few years when new personnel needs to be hired on to keep up with the growth of your business, you will be able to continue leasing the same space without making costly renovations to cram people into the small space.
Having a number of telecommuters working for you enables you to stagger the times when they come in and thus three to five workers can share one work station! While the initial cost of setting up several of your qualified employees to telecommute might be off-putting, consider the money you will save in facility related costs, and you will break even very soon. With the many software innovations, you will no longer have to attend long and drawn out meetings that take time away from the many tasks you could be performing.
Instead, online meetings, conference calls, and group emails will permit you to continue your supervision of the projects that are outstanding while at the same time freeing up time for everyone who would normally have to travel to meetings and take up time that could be better spent working on a task. These are but two of the many facets that make up the advantages telecommuting can offer to the employers.
Do not make the mistake of dismissing the idea immediately. Sure, you will need to make sure that the person to whom you entrust this kind of work is disciplined enough to handle it, but once you have found them, you will be sure to reap great benefits.
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