Work From Home

The numbers are testimony to the fact that work from home is the new mantra of the corporate world and to keep the employee’s productive and happy as well as not waste time. The number of employers now offering the option to work form the comfort of home is soaring. The official figure stand at about 46%, i.e. 46% of the business have now given the option of working remotely which is triple the figures last year.  The pitfalls are many if a worker is working from home; the first is the pay cut that you will have to take is you want to telecommute. The pay cut is quite significant, also the time if managed improperly again leads to the same type of a situation which they wanted to escape, i.e. you will have no time for your family because of the way that the new work pattern will have been structured and you will have to work harder for the same level of work due to so many distractions.

Robert Ainger, director of communications for Orange Business Services, said there was a gap between perception and reality when it came to flexible working.

“A key challenge is how notions of effectiveness are being redefined. Being the first or the last in the office can no longer be a measure of an employee’s commitment and productivity and managing a flexible workforce will mean worrying less about how employees work and more about what they produce,” said Robert Ainger, director for communications for Orange Business services.

The numbers of people who telework are now quite a significant crowd and has been on the rise since 1997 when the phenomenon was at first noticed.

In 1997 around only 4% of the workforce telecommuted, but the numbers by the year 2005 have risen to a limit of 8%.

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