How Does Telecommuting: A Benefit Employers Would Offer
Telecommuting: A Benefit Employees Wish Employers would Offer
Patty Dykstra
ENG122
Holly Ledcke
February 17, 2014
Telecommuting originally began in 1972 and has continued in various forms for over forty years. Over time, it has become more acknowledged as a legitimate practice for cutting costs and increasing employee satisfaction. However, opponents bring up the points that there are work flow issues, lack of employee accountability and legal issues. This paper will review both the advantages and disadvantages showing why telecommuting should be considered by more employers.
US News and World Report published an article by Alison Green entitled 8 Benefits Employees Wish Employers Would Offer dated September 13, 2013. …show more content…
Research has shown that home based employees generally increased productivity by 13 percent over office based workers and staff attrition by half. This creates thousands of dollars in savings for the employers. Research has shown that telecommuting also reduces absenteeism, increases productivity, reduces attrition and saves the employer on average $8,000 per employee (Goodman, 2013). It is obviously easy to understand how increased productivity, savings or reducing attrition is not so black and white. Each time an employee has to be replaced there are a myriad of costs involved from recruiting and training to additional payroll taxes for new employees. Therefore, the ability to increase productivity and retain those same employees is a double win for the …show more content…
(2007). Does Telecommuting Improve Productivity? Communications of the ACM. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford Library
Goodman, E. (2013) Telecommuting: Is it right for you and your business? Journal of Property Management. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford Library
Green, A. (2013) 8 Benefits Employees Wish Employers Would Offer. US News & World Report. Retrieved from http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs
Kurland, N. and Egan, T. (1999). Telecommuting: Justice and Control in the Virtual Organization. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford Library
Madell, R. (2013). Do You Have What It Takes to Work From Home? US News & World Report. Retrieved from http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs
Meier, A. (2013). The Liquid planner Blog. Retrieved from http://cdn.liquidplanner.com
Surowiecki, J (2013). Face Time. The New Yorker. Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013
Thompson, K. (2012) Working through Telecommuting. Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford
Patty Dykstra
ENG122
Holly Ledcke
February 17, 2014
Telecommuting originally began in 1972 and has continued in various forms for over forty years. Over time, it has become more acknowledged as a legitimate practice for cutting costs and increasing employee satisfaction. However, opponents bring up the points that there are work flow issues, lack of employee accountability and legal issues. This paper will review both the advantages and disadvantages showing why telecommuting should be considered by more employers.
US News and World Report published an article by Alison Green entitled 8 Benefits Employees Wish Employers Would Offer dated September 13, 2013. …show more content…
Research has shown that home based employees generally increased productivity by 13 percent over office based workers and staff attrition by half. This creates thousands of dollars in savings for the employers. Research has shown that telecommuting also reduces absenteeism, increases productivity, reduces attrition and saves the employer on average $8,000 per employee (Goodman, 2013). It is obviously easy to understand how increased productivity, savings or reducing attrition is not so black and white. Each time an employee has to be replaced there are a myriad of costs involved from recruiting and training to additional payroll taxes for new employees. Therefore, the ability to increase productivity and retain those same employees is a double win for the …show more content…
(2007). Does Telecommuting Improve Productivity? Communications of the ACM. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford Library
Goodman, E. (2013) Telecommuting: Is it right for you and your business? Journal of Property Management. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford Library
Green, A. (2013) 8 Benefits Employees Wish Employers Would Offer. US News & World Report. Retrieved from http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs
Kurland, N. and Egan, T. (1999). Telecommuting: Justice and Control in the Virtual Organization. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford Library
Madell, R. (2013). Do You Have What It Takes to Work From Home? US News & World Report. Retrieved from http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs
Meier, A. (2013). The Liquid planner Blog. Retrieved from http://cdn.liquidplanner.com
Surowiecki, J (2013). Face Time. The New Yorker. Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013
Thompson, K. (2012) Working through Telecommuting. Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from the Ashford