Bottom-line benefits of telecommuting
Financial impact?
According to the most recent U.S. Census data, Atlanta has 500,000 workers who telecommute on an occasional basis, 297,000 who telecommute at least one day per week, and 350,000 who say they have jobs that are conducive to telecommuting and they would like to, but their employer doesn't offer it.
Mike Williams, director of programs and employers services for the Clean Air Campaign, is working on the 350,000 employees who say they want to telecommute but can't currently convince their employer. Here are some of the statistics he uses — culled from CAC's own case studies — to convince managers of the bottom-line benefits of teleworking:
- 88 percent of teleworkers report increased morale.
- 80 percent of managers agree.
- 65 percent of teleworkers say they're less likely to look for another job online payday loan. More than half the managers agree.
- 74 percent of teleworkers report increased productivity.
- 85 percent of managers say productivity increased or stayed the same.
- 20 percent was the average increase in productivity reported.
- 96 percent of teleworkers say working remotely has not decreased their work quality.
- 91 percent of managers agree.
Source: Clean Air Campaign