People say that most teleworkers are more productive working at home than they are at the central office. How can this be without extra hours or more stress and will my work be monitored more than it would be at central-office?
A13. Your work will not be monitored any more closely when you telework than it is at central-office. Teleworkers tend to be more productive due to time and energy saved from commuting and due to fewer interruptions. Productivity XE “Productivity” Note: USA studies show that most teleworkers achieve an effortless increase in productivity. This comes from saving time & energy from commuting, from fewer interruptions, from better health/less sick-leave XE “leave” through personal control of the environment and, for smokers, from being able to smoke and work without leaving the building (saving an hour a day). Because most teleworkers prefer to regularly update their managers and colleagues with work-in-progress, there tends to be an automatic greater flow of information about work-in-progress. Such volunteered information is more effective for managers COMPANY may be reluctant in central-office to ask a central office colleague to show me what work you did yesterday. Every hour per work
