And, once again this concept is helping companies meet air quality regulations by eliminating the pollution caused by long commutes. And, employees who live in rural areas are more relaxed and less stressed because they no longer have to make the daily commute into the inner cities. Some employers prefer the satellite office situation to the work at home concept because they feel they have more supervisory control. The advantages, says Coates, are improved productivity at a substantially lower cost and more discretion for the employee in their use of work time. For telecommuting programs to success, they must have management support.
Telecommuting is a paradigm shift in thinking about the workplace and supervision.
Some managers may be reluctant to allow telecommuting because it is a change in the way they think, work and act, The bottom line is the kind of technology used to implement telecommuting not only gives every one the opportunity to help save the environment, it brings substantial improvements in productivity. Click here to view a more printer friendly version of this page.