Résumé "let employees choose when, where & how to work"

Main Idea

In his article the author, Nathaniel Koloc, present a new way of working that becomes widespread in today’s business world : telecommuting.

Telecommuting allows freedom, control over one’s day-to-day life but also more efficient work and bigger profits for a firm.

A growing phenomenon

In 2009, 34 million workers in the US worked from home. They are expected to be 63 million in 2016, that is to say 43% of the US workforce, according to a study.

There are numerous factors that explain this phenomenon. More and more people want to get more control over their day-to-day life and to be able to choose how, when and where to work.

This seek of freedom explain in part why telecommuting becomes a standard way of working nowadays.

However, this phenomenon do not only concern workers. Firms do benefit from remote working. Those companies are indeed more likely to make more profits than others that do not use this policy. Moreover, firms that offer telecommuting get advantages in recruiting and retention because that is what talented professionals are looking for. Working from home also allow big savings for firms.

A new way of management

This growing phenomenon leads to a different way of managing one’s staff. Nowadays employers have an all new approach of their relationship between them and their employees. It is now quite common to see employers ask their employees how they would like to work and which kinds of freedom they want : work-from-home, remote working, paid vacation policies. Employers are getting closer to their employees due to that new approach of their relationship. Being vocal about how one understand freedom is one of the reason.

Moreover, there are more and more employers who let their employees choose the project they want to work on and colleagues they want to work with.

Telecommuting is also facilitated by new ways of communication such as internet with Twitter or Facebook for instance. That is why there is an increasing number of employers that spend more time understating remote communication tools in order to allow telecommuting in their companies.

Conclusion

Nathaniel Koloc recommend to employers to provide the freedom their employees ask. It is indeed a way to get bigger profits and to recruit talented professionals.

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