Telecommuting

Telecommuting

Telecommuting starts with the lower level of the working class workers but with the success it has had it’s rapidly moving towards the executive level. There are two form of telecommuting the employers use today, one is home telecommuting which is a work arrangement the most people do this is working from home with a computer terminal utilizing today’s current technology by transmitting data and documents while working from home and maintaining a close contact with co-workers, managers, through the use of email, internet (instant messenger), and telephone and fax machines as well. Video conferencing using web cameras can also be an effective tool for telecommuting in order to help enhance for its employees and executives. The other form of telecommuting is center based telecommuting that involves the use of office space close to home where employees works without direct supervision, commute travel is still reduced and some of the disadvantages of home offices are removed. Home telecommuting plugs into everything that is happening at the office just as if they were at the office. By opening your networks to the public and allowing your information available to the internet Co-works will have to access your information available with many different types of home equipment needed for home telecommuting that can be a little expensive at first to get started. Some of the different equipment that is needed is a computer with fax and scanner so proper communications are available, phone, high speed internet connection, a desk, file cabinets, and a web camera with an internet messenger along with video conferencing software. There are many advantages for companies today to use telecommuters in their day to day business operations. This allows business’s to cut corners and save money so that way more money can be spent on other projects which will make more of a profit, and help reduce the costs for gas and travel expense for employees who travel a lot. They also have a larger audience of applicants to choose from which allows them to sort out the for specific skill or education for jobs they are trying fill which later will help contribute to an increase productivity and promoting a happier staff giving more time to workers for family time at home. By using telecommuters who will be actually working at the office perhaps once a weak or so helps save on realistic costs because employees who work at home do not need offices and when they are at the office they can share cubicles with other telecommuters promoting less space needed to lease. With the use of telecommuting it also allows companies to be in more than one place without lease building around the world with the added costs. Telecommuting also benefits society and community in which company or the telecommuter operates from. For instance there would be fewer vehicles on road that can help reduce the need to build more roads, decrease the need to expand the existing roads, reduce maintenance costs and help with air pollution by reducing the toxic gas emissions. All of this would be a direct result in the need to increase taxes and could possible reduce taxes. Telecommuting would help reduce the need to use more fuel and would mean there would be fewer trips of flammable liquids on the roads, in general it would promote greater safety on roads, help improve international trade agreements and improve risk of fuel spillage. Telecommuting benefits employers because they will have better employee morale and when employees are happy they are more productive, there will be a higher retention of the more valuable employees, better concentration means less interruptions of the work flow leading to greater productivity which leads to competitive advantages and an increase capital in savings. There is less time for employees to take off for sick days, employees who are sick and can’t commute, recovering for a serious illness or they must be isolated so they less likely to spread diseases may not be able to commute but may be able to still work from home and employers do not loose any man hours. Employees who