Why do most companies still resist the idea of letting employees work outside of the home office?
Working remotely offers obvious advantages, not the least being it helps employees avoid wasting time they could otherwise devote to their work. Yet only 16 percent of the people working in the private sector believe their companies let them telecommute, according to a new CDW study. There are strong arguments in favor of telecommuting or what is also referred to as “telework.” Commuters face significant increases in traffic congestion in all 437 metropolitan areas in the United States. Adding up all the associated costs, the Texas Transportation Institute earlier this year concluded that gridlock cost $78 billion annually in terms of 4.2 billion lost hours, not to mention 2.9 billion gallons of wasted fuel. But this is more than a matter of statistics. People who need to care for their relatives can better perform in their jobs when they have the flexibility of working at home. What’s more, employees working remotely can carry on in the event the headquarters gets shut down by the une
