productivity‚ less turnover‚ improved morale‚ and reduced office-space costs. The cons of telecommuting are longer work hours‚ distractions at home‚ no face-to-face contact‚ and ensuring accountability. Managers are also challenged by having telecommuters. There is less direct supervision of employees; difficulty coordinating teamwork‚ monitoring performance is harder and possible problems maintaining security. You have to be organized‚ self-motivated and able to separate work and family. I used
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Recruitment of a Star Velva Godinez HRM635 November 05‚ 2014 Recruitment of a Star In the event that you were Stephen Conner‚ who would you contract‚ and why? There were four hopefuls for the Semiconductor position offered by Stephen Conner. They are David Hughes‚ Seth Horkum‚ Sonia Meetha and Gerald Baum. Of the four my choice would be Seth Horkum. He displayed quite a few positive attributes‚ which made him my first choice‚ for example‚ he had related knowledge with the Power chip
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changes. Isolation causes feeling of insecurity” (Tan-Solano & Kliener‚ 2001‚ p. 124). Resulting from isolation is insecurity that can destroy productivity of company and team working. Moreover‚ some people can face problems of sabotage‚ while telecommuters are working at home‚ other workers in the office may influence on directors or on managers‚ which is unfair for the rest of employees. Mostly‚ nobody is insured from that kind of work situations. In the same way‚ people‚ who work at home‚ can notice
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Memorandum To: Jessica Wu-Santana From: Martin Fitzgerald‚ Manager Date: November 4‚ 2012 Subject: Suggestion for Telecommuting Successfully Confidential To help you become an effective telecommuter‚ Jessica‚ we have a few suggestions to share with you. I understand you will be working at home for the next nine months. The following guidelines should help you stay in touch with us and complete your work satisfactorily. * Be sure to check your message board daily‚ and respond immediately
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Telecommuting at MedEx The case is about a Human Resource Manager that is very concerned about the high turnover rate for the specialists at a company called MedEx. Turnover is very costly for the company and the manager‚ Harry Davis‚ wants to lower the turnover rate. Telecommuting came up as an idea to help decrease the turnover rate. The specialist job that they keep referring to has an intensive 3-week training but after that the specialist work independently on their work and so telecommuting
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terms that are used convey the idea that work is something you do‚ not someplace you go (Baruch‚ 2001). Due to its various labels and definitions‚ a lack of clarity exists regarding many telecommuting issues‚ including an agreed-upon number of telecommuters in today’s workforce. In their study “Measuring the Impact of Workplace Flexibility” the Boston College Center for Work & Family defined telecommuting as “a schedule in which employees conduct their work off-site for some portion of their core
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The Benefits of Telecommuting: Why More Companies Should Rollout Telecommuting Introduction Two years ago I transitioned from a large digital advertising agency to a corporate marketing position. Prior to my corporate employment I worked for small digital agencies that enjoyed testing and implementing new work trends to remain competitive with other agencies. One of these trends was the ability to work from home‚ Starbucks‚ or any other location with Internet access. This is known as telecommuting
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research conducted in … employers have found that having their employees work from home is not only financially beneficial but also a more efficient way of working. Reasearch also showed that in the past 8 years there has been 35 percent growth of telecommuters. Due to this recent growth I find it highly important to look into whether telecommuting leads to an increase in productivity. After in-depth analysis of this topic I found that this is not the case. Although telecommuting has increased by 35%
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delivering it themselves. Although many people bring work from the office home with them at night to complete before the next day they are not necessarily considered telecommuters. A schoolteacher‚ for instance‚ brings students papers home to grade. She then takes them back to school the next day. This does not make her a telecommuter for the simple reason that her compensation is based on the time she spends at school not at home. "Telecommuting occurs whenever an employee is paid for work done
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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
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