As hard as it is to believe, we are officially in 2015! And now the Christmas cobwebs are just about dusted off, it is time for everyone to take a look and evaluate the upcoming trends for the New Year. One ongoing trend is that businesses are becoming more mobile.
As of June this year, it will be acceptable for any employees to request to work from home, as opposed to the current law, which states that only parents can request to ‘telework.’ With this in mind, the upcoming trend is set to increase even more so, meaning it would be worthwhile for business’ to weigh up the pros and cons of working from home, and see how Intercity could help you along the way.
The main issue with ‘teleworking’ from a business perspective appears to be the lack of trust in employees to be motivated without being under their manager’s watchful eye. However, statistics suggest that presence does not equal productivity, with teleworkers reportedly working on average an extra 5-7 hours per week when working from home. As an employee is not physically present during working hours, they are judged based on their achievements, rather than attendance, making it easier for managers to pick up on the less productive workers. However, for the employees who excel through the ability to telework, the freedom and trust that is given to employees through the ability to work from home, in fact motivates staff members, to ensure they are not branded as a ‘skiver’.
Why limit your employee radius to local areas only, when there could be a more productive workforce elsewhere? When applying teleworking into your business, you open new doors to attract a more skilled workforce, instead of settling for what is available close by. With a wider area of coverage through a spread out workforce, comes wider access to customers and potential customers, ‘businesses becoming mobile‘ does not necessarily mean working from home, but to not be restricted to a particular location during work hours. This is all made possible through the services that we, here at Intercity can provide.
How can we help?
Here at Intercity, we can provide you with the ability to keep in touch with your home workers, alongside keeping track on what they are doing, through our unified communications platform which