Telecommuting has become a necessity rather than a perk in today’s working environment.
In order to cut costs large corporations are encouraging their top employees to work from home. Their employees are happier creating less turnover in the company. Employees are naturally motivated when they feel that they are trusted and valued for their specific skills. Providing you are a conscientious worker which 90% of us are and that you are evaluated on performance and deliverable s rather than how much time you spend at your desk typing away whether you are really producing or not it can be very benificial indeed.
Just imagine an office full of unhappy workers that show up each morning ready to take on another 8 hour day at their computers unmotivated because it is not in their nature to be up early or to sit in the same place all day or feel caged in or to be stuck at the office and spend most of their time trying to concentrate or focus when they actually spend a lot of time day dreaming or on social media pretending to be somewhere else.
Now picture a worker who is excited to complete a project because it is done on their terms, in their PJ´s if they so prefer or in their home, at their favorite coffie house or better yet in their place of choice.
When deliverable´s and accomplishments are what you are judged on you can shine. A lot of us are more productive at odd hours or in short spurts. Working the status quo way is not for every one and so it is more conducive to allow workers to work in the way they are most productive.
My Stepmother has been telecommuting for years. It has enabled her to keep up with my now retired father even when he is in their vacation home in Mexico. It has allowed her to keep pace with an incredibly challenging job while allowing her to have a family life. Her company realized the value of allowing her the freedom to shine. She rose to the top aquiring the title of VP while telecommuting but on her terms.
We have all dreamt of it and wished it could become a reality but imagine it from your companies perspective. Providing you do your job well, with quality and consistancy what is the problem with allowing some flexibility.
Now if employees are allowed to work on their terms and they feel happier there will naturally be less turnaround. The company is forced to spend less time on meaningless meetings and more time maximizing the time they have together. The product of that will be more productivity. It is time for companies to spend more time on high value tasks that produce real results.
I was reading an article about law firms the other day and it said that the cost of turn-around for employees is more than one years salery. That includes advertising the position, hiring for the position, training of a new employee and lost productivity during the adjustment phase.
That is a lot of money.
That tells me that keeping staff happy will save money in the long run. When you allow your staff to shine, allow them to work in fields that they are good at ( not ones that you need help in) and trust in ther abilities, showing faith in them, believe in them and trust them you will benifit your company will see returns.
I challenge all companes to start thinking about profits as how they can get the most out of what they have by utilizing their staff in the best way possible.
The mantra for corparations should be;
I will trust in my employees to do their best. I will take their accomplishments and deliverable´s as a testament to their commitment and standing in their position. I will empower them to be creative and encourage them to work when they are at their most productive. I will trust that when I allow my employees to shine my company benefits. I will support my staff because I believe my staff are the cornerstone to my company. I believe that by allowing my team to work at their full capacity they will outperform all others.
Please comment if you have an opinion. If you do not have an opinion, stop , think and make an opinion and comment because your opinion matters.
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I found myself thinking yesterday as I often do that I wished I could go back to when my children were young and do it again. Be a better mother, be a better person, wife, daughter. I wish I could bake a few more cookie recipies, give more hugs, be more understanding, more loving and a softer place to fall for those little angels that were so small and innocent all those years ago. I was sick a lot of their childhood and feel like that experience really affected them. They don´t even remember me being sick which I think is a self preservation mechanism. They didn´t have a mother that was present, together or reliable.I did a lot of great things for them but to me somehow in my memory I should have been better.
Mothers are a wonderful thing. We love our children unconditionally, we give to other children from our hearts and sacrifice while our children are growing up in the belief that we are doing the right thing.
