Telecommuting has evolved to include various technological mediums that make the user experience fit seamlessly into the ever-changing work environment. Telework has become widely accepted by both large and small enterprises for reasons such as productivity, ultimately resulting in a better bottom line.
The American Red Cross estimates that nearly $20,000 per year can be added to the bottom line per full-time teleworking employee. Key areas provoking savings include:
· Increased productivity
· Greater employee retention
· Reduced real estate requirements
· Enhanced responsiveness to customer and client needs
· Improved employee loyalty and morale
A recent NetworkWorld article reported that Virginia’s one-day experiment with telework yielded more than $100K in savings for the state.
Today, Unified Communications (UC) is the driving force behind telework. UC brings all forms of communications software, systems and devices into play to make the work experience more productive. In a previous blog, we reviewed Cisco's WebEx software and Skipe Business solutions. These technologies are part of this movement in bringing together a globalized workforce.
The No. 1 benefit of telework is its ability to increase productivity. An Avaya white paper provides three reasons telework is able to do this:
1.) Work is not dependent of location. The American Red Cross estimates that as many as 40 percent of small businesses that experience a disaster to central base never reopen. In addition, after primary offices were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, organizations that had already implemented telework were back at work remotely within 48 hours. Telework could be considered an insurance policy in case of major disaster.
2.) With telework, employees take less sick days because if prevented from coming into the office are able to work from a remote location. Furthermore, employees are less likely to come into the office sick causing sickness to spread.
3.) Studies show that teleworking employees are as productive or as much as 45 percent more productive that in-office counterparts.
The Avaya white paper entitled "Unleashing the Hidden Productivity of Your Small Business" presents more information on the benefits of telework. The white paper also addresses the biggest questions to implementing telework:
· How to manage employees who are in the office?
· How to ensure information security?How much will a distributed work program cost?
The American Red Cross estimates that nearly $20,000 per year can be added to the bottom line per full-time teleworking employee. Key areas provoking savings include:
· Increased productivity
· Greater employee retention
· Reduced real estate requirements
· Enhanced responsiveness to customer and client needs
· Improved employee loyalty and morale
A recent NetworkWorld article reported that Virginia’s one-day experiment with telework yielded more than $100K in savings for the state.
Today, Unified Communications (UC) is the driving force behind telework. UC brings all forms of communications software, systems and devices into play to make the work experience more productive. In a previous blog, we reviewed Cisco's WebEx software and Skipe Business solutions. These technologies are part of this movement in bringing together a globalized workforce.
The No. 1 benefit of telework is its ability to increase productivity. An Avaya white paper provides three reasons telework is able to do this:
1.) Work is not dependent of location. The American Red Cross estimates that as many as 40 percent of small businesses that experience a disaster to central base never reopen. In addition, after primary offices were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, organizations that had already implemented telework were back at work remotely within 48 hours. Telework could be considered an insurance policy in case of major disaster.
2.) With telework, employees take less sick days because if prevented from coming into the office are able to work from a remote location. Furthermore, employees are less likely to come into the office sick causing sickness to spread.
3.) Studies show that teleworking employees are as productive or as much as 45 percent more productive that in-office counterparts.
The Avaya white paper entitled "Unleashing the Hidden Productivity of Your Small Business" presents more information on the benefits of telework. The white paper also addresses the biggest questions to implementing telework:
· How to manage employees who are in the office?
· How to ensure information security?How much will a distributed work program cost?
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