Apparently, UK workers have the longest commute into work in Europe with an average of 45 minutes per day spent travelling (source : RAC Foundation). The question has to be, why do we (as business owners) still insist that gathering everyone in one place is the only way to run a business?
Obviously there are issues of control and management when your staff are geographically spread, not to mention the challenge of maintaining communication – but surely with the sort of technologies that now exist, things like Hosted Desktops and VoIP, it should be possible for them to productive almost anywhere.
Its not like the benefits are not immediately financially tangible. In fact, an employee who works three days a week from home can save £3,775 a year on commuting costs and spare the environment 4000 kilograms of pollutants, according to Telework Exchange, an organisation promoting the practice.
With the migration of technology away from on-premise to the cloud, could it be time to create a meaningful remote/teleworking policy for your employees? If so then we can help.
