Telecommuting Pros and Cons from the Perspective of Employers

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Telecommuting is a flexible and alternative job
arrangement that allows employees to freely work
outside office (usually from home) and carry out
job functions remotely by using
videoconferencing technology. Its also easy to
be achieved that a computer with webcam, network
and videoconferencing software ensuring effective
communication between employers and employees
are all you need to start telecommuting.
Note As far as Im concerned, ezTalks is the
most reliable videoconferencing software for
setting up real-time video conference call. You
can freely sign up for ezTalks account at the
bottom. Popular and convenient as telecommuting
is, it also has side effects as well. Before
adopting telecommuting in your company, youd
better take all possible effects into
consideration. Hence, Im to introduce both
advantages and disadvantages that telecommuting
brings to employers in the following 2
parts. Part 1 What Benefits can Employers Get
from Telecommuting 1) Higher productivity Teleco
mmuting allows employees to work outside of their
traditional working hours with fewer
interruptions and gives them flexibility to
schedule working hours, which results in
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• higher productivity. Also, therere studies
  showing that telecommuters work on average 4
• to 6 hours longer than their office counterparts.
• Reduced cost
• Telecommuting decreases expensive overhead, such
  as office space, office supplies, office
  furniture, lights and heat which in turn brings
  financial savings. It also reduces travel cost.
  With numerous benefits, many companies are now
  supporting their employees to work online from
  home remotely.
• Employee satisfaction
• Employees get happier as they finish work in
  their own comfortable space, have more
  flexibility and feel greater connection to
  family. The happier employee become, the less
  likely they may quit jobs. Telecommuting adds up
  more saving for employers in a long run.
• Environmental friendly
• With more employees working online from home, it
  reduces negative influence on environment since
  fuel consumptions, greenhouse gases and traffic
  accidents are sharply reduced.
• Saves time
• Telecommuting is based on advanced video
  conferencing technology, i.e. EZTalks. You can
  simply attend board meetings and interviews
  online while sitting at home.

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• The absence of physical presence and social
  interaction with employees can disconnect
• them with each other. In most cases, the manager
  must completely trust his team. However, lack of
  face-to-face interactions and guidelines may lead
  to low quality work.
• Security risk
• Remote access for telecommuting with staff
  increases the risk of security leaks of the
  companys confidential information. To avoid
  security issues, you must enter protocol into
  place without any gaps in the security system and
  update password frequently during training or
  other programs on remote access.
• Note Rest assured to use ezTalks, cloud-based
  video conferencing system, which ensures you to
  communicate with colleagues in a secured way.
• Difficult to monitor
• Though video conferencing technology provides
  effective and timely communication between
  employees and employers, its still not that easy
  for employers to evaluate how much work
  employees have done. Say if the employees are not
  motivated, then a big problem may arise with
  great loss in productivity and low quality work.
• Lost opportunity for team building
• One of the most important responsibilities of
  employer is to build a good team. However,
  working from home eliminates the bonding time
  between employers and employees and face-to-face
  encouragement and support to employees are
  irreplaceable.
• Is telecommuting business a right choice for you?
  Aside from above-mentioned pros and cons, you
  must consider the mission, values, vision,
  culture of your company, your workplace, your
  recruitment, productivity, retention goal and
  customer service as well!

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