Business Benefits of Hiring Telecommuters

Telecommuting -- Efficient or Time-Wasting?

By
Relationship Advice Expert April Masini

Q: Dear April Masini,

A few of my employees have come to me lately asking me to telecommute on a full- or part-time basis. They are all good employees and have earned my trust, but I'm concerned that if I allow them to work from home and have more flexible hours, they'll start getting less done or will be distracted and my business will suffer.

Are there any benefits to allowing them to telecommute?

Sincerely,

Baffled Boss 

A:

Dear Baffled Boss, 

Actually, the telecommuting will probably make your employees MORE productive instead of less!

The benefit of having employees who telecommute are:

* They work longer hours and are often more productive. Coming into an office takes more hours of energy exertion than just the hours in the office. Dressing, commuting, waking up an hour earlier for commute time allowance -- all of this drains energy from workers who might telecommute without expending extra energy on just getting to an office.

* In their own environment telecommuters are more comfortable and therefore, more productive. Because telecommuters are in their own home office or home, they can break up their day by taking care of business at home, too. This may seem like a waste of energy to employers, but the stress it reduces from telecommuters allows them more productivity for work, rather than more time on site and less productivity.  

* Telecommuters who work night owl hours will find each other and work together, on a more natural clock than office workers who are forced into a nine to five work schedule. This kind of work dynamic promotes more natural, productive work than a forced schedule.

April Masini -- nicknamed "the new millennium's Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books Date Out Of Your League and Think & Date Like A Man, the two (just released) step-by-step dating and relationship manuals, Ideas for a Fun Date and Romantic Date Ideas, and the critically acclaimed dating and relationship online magazine www.AskApril.com.

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