One new form of IT that has affected a good amount of jobs lately is telecommuting. It now gives people the option to work all day from their home instead of having to go to the office every day. This gives people the benefit of getting to spend more time with their families, use free time more efficiently, and get more work done. Employees that are giving the opportunity to telecommute are in a happier working environment so they have a higher morale and that will cause them to work harder.
According to an article done by the San Fransisco Chronicle "an estimated 1.35 billion gallons of gasoline could be conserved annually if every U.S. worker with the ability to telecommute did so 1.6 days per week." Telecommuting would not only help the employee it would also help companies an average of $1l,000 could be saved annually from each employee that worked from home. 470,000 new jobs could be created in the economy if all of those able to telecommute. Each telecommuter would save any where from $2,000 to $7,000 a year just on gas savings. The chart below shows the total number of workers that telecommute. If their are so many benefits of telecommunication then why don't more people use it?
by M. Gilliam
Question
Has anyone had experience to telecommuting in their work place? Was it a good or bad experience?
Sources
http://commutezero.com/support/telecommuting/telecommuting-stats
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Group-touts-telecommuting-s-green-benefits-3286958.php
http://www.teleworkresearchnetwork.com/telecommuting-statistics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-boKXU3L-pc
I had the option to work from home at my last job. I usually worked from my house 1 or 2 days a week. I found that I was able to get a lot of work done because I didn't have the distractions that exist at the office. One positive about working in the office is that it is easier to get together with your co-workers if you are working on a project together.
ReplyDeleteI never had this experience, as you mentioned above I would think working from home is very beneficial for employee and companies. However according to my friend who works from home experienced very different than your post. She spent most of her time doing work at home but she is not proactive as she is from her office. When you work from home there are a lot of stuff that distract you from doing your job. She rather going to work and spend her eight hours instead of spending more hours to do the same amount of job
ReplyDeleteI havent personally had the experience of working from home, but my mother has. She was recovering from lung surgery, and didn't have a choice. She didn't mind working from home, but she missed out on the office activities and news she was absent from.
ReplyDeleteFrom the employer's perspective, it could really go both ways. Being in the workplace with coworkers can cause some major distractions, which could be avoided by an employee working from home. On the other hand, it could cause more distractions due to the lack of management influence. It all really comes down to who the employee is a person, and the job they are to be doing.