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(Benefiting the Company: Telecommuting)
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Benefiting the Company: Telecommuting

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 employee’s
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 neighbor’s 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.


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