I think this guy has the right idea. What percentage of people do you think can work from home without a decrease in productivity? I would hazard a guess that it is a largish percentage. Perhaps even with an overall increase in productivity.
Short sighted people seem to think that this is a lazy mans tool. I disagree, this is a smart reponsible company that is paving the way for a better future for us all.
The problem with the world is that we have all this technology but few people actually know how to use it correctly.
The benifits I see from this are: * Saved floor space at a physical company site. Saving the company money. * Saved petrol emissions from driving to work. Not just for this individual but all the other people who can get to work faster because this guy has his car in the garage. * Employers could offer a slightly reduced remunneration package for a employee to work from home. There are big savings for the employee. * The employee saves time and money be being able to eat from home and not from take away stores. Potential health benifits. * Decrease the risk of spreading infections disease. eg. Flu * More time with the family. I don't need to lay out the benifits here.
The list goes on...
It is about time employers start looking at employees not as bludgers that wont work if left to their own devices, but responsible workers who are mature enough to work from home unsupervised.
You can always sack them if they are found abusing the freedom that WFH (Work from Home) allows. I would be first in line to take the idiot who lost his jobs place.
How about the added and potentially best benifit. It pretty much makes that pesky micro-manager boss a thing of the past. They could be replaced with productivity software.
"Too many Chiefs and not enought Indians" ring a bell.
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I think this guy has the right idea. What percentage of people do you think can work from home without a decrease in productivity? I would hazard a guess that it is a largish percentage. Perhaps even with an overall increase in productivity.
Short sighted people seem to think that this is a lazy mans tool. I disagree, this is a smart reponsible company that is paving the way for a better future for us all.
The problem with the world is that we have all this technology but few people actually know how to use it correctly.
The benifits I see from this are:
* Saved floor space at a physical company site. Saving the company money.
* Saved petrol emissions from driving to work. Not just for this individual but all the other people who can get to work faster because this guy has his car in the garage.
* Employers could offer a slightly reduced remunneration package for a employee to work from home. There are big savings for the employee.
* The employee saves time and money be being able to eat from home and not from take away stores. Potential health benifits.
* Decrease the risk of spreading infections disease. eg. Flu
* More time with the family. I don't need to lay out the benifits here.
The list goes on...
It is about time employers start looking at employees not as bludgers that wont work if left to their own devices, but responsible workers who are mature enough to work from home unsupervised.
You can always sack them if they are found abusing the freedom that WFH (Work from Home) allows. I would be first in line to take the idiot who lost his jobs place.
How about the added and potentially best benifit. It pretty much makes that pesky micro-manager boss a thing of the past. They could be replaced with productivity software.
"Too many Chiefs and not enought Indians" ring a bell.