Telecommuting: “Finesse a Flexible Work Schedule”
Since I took a class about Organizational Behavior in the Fall of 2007, I’ve been aware of the true benefits of working remotely, both for employers and employees. It is obvious that working remotely depends of the nature of your work, self-discipline and other factors. But it’s a fact that employee satisfaction is correlated to productivity, so if an employee is happier working from home a couple of days out of the week… Let it happen!
Here’s a great article about Telecommuting and its challenges and benefits for Management and Employees.
According to Nicole Saulnier, a human resource manager for Rothstein Kass, an accounting firm in Roseland, N.J. :“Happy employees are more productive,” she says. “If a flexible work arrangement will help them reach their full potential, we want to foster that.”
By DANA HUDEPOHL
Special to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
SUMMARY: Seventy percent of Cisco Systems employees work from home at least 20% of the time. So do 34% of workers at Booz Allen Hamilton and 32% at S.C. Johnson & Sons. If you’ve convinced your employer to let you work remotely, here are six tips for getting it right in the first few months.
