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Benefits of telecommuting9/9/2023 ![]() Productivity was evaluated once again, this time on the group that chose to telecommute, and the study found that productivity increased an additional 9% in this group (for an overall increase of 22%). Interestingly, when the Stanford experiment concluded and employees were given the option to return to a traditional workplace environment, half of employees elected to do so. By eliminating workplace interruptions when performing these tasks, work is completed sooner and likely with fewer errors. This is due partially to an employee’s ability to control the work environment when performing concentrative tasks. One such study, conducted by scholars at Stanford University, yielded results indicating that employees working from home full-time were 13% more efficient than when working in a traditional work environment. In addition to these benefits, studies also have shown that telecommuting increases productivity and workforce efficiency. Scholars at Penn State University analyzed dozens of studies on the topic and found that telecommuting increases employee performance and job satisfaction and it positively affects supervisor/subordinate relationships, stress levels, and turnover rates due largely to the increased control employees have over their work. Telecommuting also offers flexibility to employees, thereby helping workers to achieve a more satisfactory work-life balance. In fact, Kate Lister and Tom Harnish report in their 2011 study, “The State of Telework in the U.S.,” that telecommuters in the United States save 390 million gallons of gas and prevent the release of 3.6 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. In addition, there are significant environmental benefits from having fewer commuters on the road. There are many benefits of telecommuting, the most obvious of which is the elimination of commuting to and from the workplace, which can shave hours of unproductive time from a workday. According to telecommuting trend data reported by Global Workplace, as much as 80%-90% of the workforce reports having a desire to telecommute at least part-time. Fast forward to 2015, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 24% of the workforce was telecommuting for at least some of the workweek, with that figure increasing to 38% for employees in management, finance, and other professional jobs. Personal computers were not widely found in households at the time, and telecommuting technology was in its infancy. ![]() Some years later in 1979, an article written by Frank Schiff entitled “Working from Home Can Save Gasoline” was published in the Washington Post and is thought to have been a catalyst to the first conference about telecommuting in 1980.Īt that time, telecommuting was an abstract idea and probably considered by many to be an unattainable workplace arrangement. The term “telecommuting” was coined in 1973 by NASA rocket scientist Jack Nilles who was later identified as the father of telecommuting.
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