Working from Home

Telecommuting has boomed in the recent past opening its doors to many opportunities worldwide. “As more companies offer flexible commuting policies, the remote job market is spreading beyond the traditional fields of computer technology or customer services” (Talty, 2019). Hence fields that utilize work from home are expanding, reaching new dimensions to both employees and employers.

This concept benefits both employee and employer because “for every employee who works from home at least half of the time, employers can save over $11,000 per year, the Global Workplace Analytics study found and half-time telecommuters gained back 11 days a year by working from home” (Wells, 2019). Therefore this alternative saves both time and money.

Good work-life balance is an increasingly important concern in retaining employees. Companies of all sizes and industries can adopt this emerging concept to provide flexible work environment and meet changing workforce demands. Appen which is a technology service based company in Australia is the top company that offer a large number of such jobs. “It supports more than one million contactors around the world, and offers positions that are flexible, part time and home based” (Rose, 2019). Other fields that are already offering work from home are education, training, IT, health, sales and customer service. 

As the world becomes more interconnected and globalized, there are many benefits of utilizing this emerging trend. “According to a Canada Life survey, homeworkers rank their productivity as 7.7/10, compared to 6.5/10 for office workers” (Hunkeler, 2018).  Other benefits include less stress, low office space cost, no exposure to road traffic, less exposure to common office health conditions as well as good work life balance. 

On the other hand job seekers need to be sensible enough to choose good from the bad as there are a lot of scammers who mislead them by faking work from home job openings. Therefore it is essential the job seekers have a keen eye before joining hands. Work from home is surely a successful trend in retaining employees as it opens new opportunities for sustaining in the highly competitive corporate world. It is growing day by day with ample of prospect for growth and there is more to be expected in the future than now.

 

Reference

Hunkeler, I. (2018). 8 Benefits of Allowing Employees to Work Remotely. [online] Do Better Hiring - The RecruitLoop Blog. Available at: https://recruitloop.com/blog/8-benefits-allowing-employees-work-remotely/ [Accessed 2 Jun. 2019].

Rose, J. (2019). The 10 Best Jobs Working From Home. [online] Forbes.com. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jrose/2019/01/22/work-from-home-jobs-from-remote/#fcd18de28f4d [Accessed 2 Jun. 2019].

Talty, A. (2019). Work From Home 2019: The Top 100 Companies For Remote Jobs. [online] Forbes.com. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2019/01/15/work-from-home-2019-the-top-100-companies-for-remote-jobs/#7246b8791544 [Accessed 2 Jun. 2019].

Wells, L. (2019). The 20 Best Work-From-Home Jobs | Bankrate.com. [online] Bankrate. Available at: https://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/10-best-and-real-work-at-home-jobs-1.aspx [Accessed 2 Jun. 2019].