Teleworker Benefits -
- The individual benefits from telecommuting because he or she immediately eliminates the time, and expense of commuting to work. This gives an individual extra time in the neigborhood of a couple of hour.
- The benefits of telecommuting also translate directly and immediately into less stress, health improvements, a greater productivty.
- In addition, because you're working at home or in a nearby branch designed to accomdate regionally located employees, your company will benefit by having happier healthier emplyees.
- Commuting costs are obviosly goign to become more expensive in the next several years with enegery specualtion and compeition from foreign countries for oil and natural resources.As these costs rise the price of every item that is transpotred will also rise. Companies will find a greater and greater need to accomdate their workforce with either greater pay, shorter work weeks, with a 1 day work at home telecommute, or full telecommute.
- The employer benefits from telecommuting because of the extra productivity that results -- consistently clocked at 10-15% in nearly every such study during the past two decades.
- The employer also saves on expenses. For example, by having just half its work force telecommute as little as one day a week, an employer cuts down by 10% on its need for offices, desks and chairs, bathrooms, copy machines, parking spaces, heating and lighting, and all the rest.
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