Social Benefits Benefits to society are generated indirectly by employees having more time to spend with their families and on community volunteer activities. Financial Benefits to the Organisation Absenteeism is reduced. By sharing a workspace and other equipment, the organisation saves on office space and associated infrastructure costs. This has often required me to work nights and weekends using other peoples workstations connected to TVs, video cameras, VCRs, speakers etc. Recruiting capabilities of the organisation are improved if it can offer employees the opportunity to telecommute.
Work can continue even in the face of extreme weather conditions or natural disasters.
The cost of ISDN installation by Telecom has recently come right down. These costs should decrease further in the future. The employee needs to provide their own office at home i.e. private space, desk, bookshelves, filing cabinet, fax, answering machine etc. Grubby little fingers, bits of leggo, banana and worse need to be kept out of the floppy drive and away from the attractive flashing green and yellow lights of the router. No airconditioning, capuccino machine, homemade cakes and biscuits.