5 Advantages of Teleworking

Advantages of Teleworking

Have you ever dreamed of being able to work lying in a hammock, under a palm tree on a Caribbean beach, while an attractive - according to taste - waiter serves you a cocoloco?

Normally, life is not so much like a travel agent's ad, but still teleworking remains the dream of many people who would give a hand to be able to work in pyjamas and slippers.

Distance working has spread unevenly in recent years. Commonly adopted in some countries and rarely used in others, it offers advantages and disadvantages for both the worker and the employer. Today we are going to learn about some of them.

➔ Advantages of teleworking:

- Autonomy.

This is probably the most obvious advantage of teleworking (even more so than pyjamas and slippers). The freedom to organize one's time at work increases, which leads to more space to enjoy other facets of life - which there are also - such as hobbies or friendships.

For many people, teleworking can be a unique opportunity to reconcile professional and family life, which can be of enormous value.

Such autonomy may also allow the use of mixed forms of teleworking, such as starting the working day at home and moving to the workplace at times when traffic is less congested; or also placing your workplace in different locations (an airport, a park, or even the beach in the ad).

Moreover, thanks to the autonomy that teleworking allows, "presence" - that so widespread vice of being at the workplace but not working - is reduced to the minimum.

- Saving on travel.

In large cities - and also in not so large ones - moving to the workplace can consume several hours each day. By not having to travel to the workplace, you save a great deal of time that can be spent on other tasks. In addition, you save on travel costs - as you may know, both private and public transport cost money -, stress is reduced, and pollution is much less. Your pocketbook, your health and the planet will thank you.

- It will improve the worker's opinion of the company.

Since telecommuting has a number of important advantages, it usually influences the employee's assessment of both the company and his or her job. An employee who knows that he will be able to take care of his family if something unexpected happens (the child has become ill, for example), will take this into account when assessing his working conditions.

- It can increase productivity.

The benefits of teleworking should improve morale, which could lead to increased productivity if telecommuting is structured in a meaningful way. Although it is not a strict rule, teleworking will often find its best habitat in work by objectives, so mapping them out may well lead to a significant increase in performance. If your work or that of your company can be organized on a project basis, you can have a look at Integria IMS. Integria IMS is a tool developed by Ártica Soluciones Tecnológicas, the creator of eHorus, which includes, among other functionalities, a project management tool. You can know Integria IMS here.

- Reduces infrastructure costs.

Both the money spent on workspace in the company and other expenses associated with face-to-face work - consumption of electricity, heating, computer equipment, etc. - will be reduced. The space previously occupied by Martínez could be used to install a fridge full of delicacies (don't bother, Martínez, it's just an idea).

- It allows the integration of people with disabilities.

This is another advantage that deserves to be taken into account. People who have difficulties in getting to work might see telework as an opportunity they might not have had just a few years ago. In many cases, these people will be a great asset to the company.

- It attracts more talent.

Facilitating remote working will make the job more valuable in general, and can make people who would find it difficult to work in the company - for example because they live in a town far from the workplace - happy to do so. Finally you can try to hire that programmer from the Vatican that you were told so much about.