Many companies are now organising staff into task-based teams, and with teleworking, geographical location is no hindrance. Or, they can work split shifts to cope with peak workloads. The absence of travel time and costs makes part-time working attractive, too. For mobile workers, the gains are no less real. They can work for companies located on the other side of the country, or even the world.
Family life is improved, as teleworkers genuinely get to see more of their family.
And it can mean that those with specific difficulties, such as the less abled, or single parents, can now have access to work. For the country as a whole, there are real benefits to remote working. Well, if more people worked from home, traffic congestion would be reduced. Not only would the roads be clearer, there would be less pollution too. However, some managers see teleworking as, at best, a loyalty perk to retain valuable staff, and at worst little more than a skiver's charter.