{"id":227,"date":"2006-08-11T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T14:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=227"},"modified":"2006-08-11T09:35:10","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T14:35:10","slug":"telecommuting-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/telecommuting-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecommuting Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have discussed telecommuting on many occassions and this morning&#8217;s JustSell.com email referenced <a href=\"http:\/\/pr.hhgroup.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=141084&#038;p=irol-newsArticle&#038;ID=883665&#038;highlight=\" target=\"_blank\">this survey<\/a>. Some points of data to consider:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While only 23 percent of U.S. employees work from home or are given that option, <strong>most of the work force (59 percent) believes that telecommuting at least part-time is the ideal work situation<\/strong>. This includes the 38 percent who think a mix of coming into the office and working from home is preferable and the 21 percent who say working at home is the best.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are seeing this play out in our current sourcing activities. The younger generations are highly receptive to telecommuting and view it as a strong benefit of a position.<\/p>\n<p>From a productivity side, consider this finding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Despite technologies that allow employees to put in time while heading to and from work, three-quarters (<strong>73 percent<\/strong>) rarely or never get work done during their commute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gas prices will come in to play on this topic also. As will workers moving to the outer rings (exurbs) of metropolitan areas. One hour, one way commutes are global time wasters when compared to telecommuting.<\/p>\n<p>One last point from the survey that reinforces our previous statements:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As competition for talent heats up, employers will be forced to consider alternative retention tactics such as permitting telecommuting,&#8221; according to Peg Buchenroth, managing director, compensation and benefits, Hudson Highland Group. &#8220;While this is not feasible in all situations, most employees want the flexibility to be able to get work done without going into the office at least every once in a while.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is a stigma about telecommuting that is prevalent amongst the Baby Boomers. If you are not at the office, you are not working. Gen X and certainly Gen Y are wired for communication via email, BlackBerries, cell phones and text messaging. Most of them are just as productive away from the office as they are in the office.<\/p>\n<p>There is a control factor that plays in to this stigma also. Most boomer managers started their careers in a hierarchal workplace years ago that is, in today&#8217;s environment, flattening out to a more horizontal chain-of-command. The boomers may feel they give up some control if they cannot monitor their employees. This is true to some extent, but there has to be a trust level given to the employee. If they are unable to handle telecommuting, the results will be observable. We often encourage companies to step out of the box and give this trend a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have discussed telecommuting on many occassions and this morning&#8217;s JustSell.com email referenced this survey. Some points of data to consider: While only 23 percent of U.S. employees work from home or are given that option, most of the work force (59 percent) believes that telecommuting at least part-time is the ideal work situation. This includes the 38 percent who think a mix of coming into the office and working from home is preferable and the 21 percent who say working at home is the best. We are seeing this play out in our current sourcing activities. The younger generations are highly receptive to telecommuting and view it as a&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/telecommuting-trend\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales-management","category-team-management","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-3F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":495,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/telecommuting-trend-expands\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":0},"title":"Telecommuting Trend Expands","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 11, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Telecommuting is the Norm is a quick article from Sales & Marketing Management's website. I don't think this trend is surprising to most people. We have seen a tremendous shift towards this approach in outside sales positions over the past 2 years especially. Most candidates now expect some form of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sales Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sales Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/sales-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2062,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/07\/hard-numbers-on-telecommuting\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":1},"title":"Hard Numbers On Telecommuting","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Herman Trend Alert newsletter (sorry, no link) provides some interesting statistics from a Cisco survey: Now the international technology giant Cisco Systems has just released a study of its own organization demonstrating these benefits and more. Using telecommuting, Cisco estimates annual savings of USD $277 Million. In its in-depth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Compensation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Compensation","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/compensation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1174,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/telecommuting-retention\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":2},"title":"Telecommuting = Retention","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This isn't shocking news, but telecommuters are more satisfied with their work when compared to the traditional office worker.\u00a0 CareerJournal.com's Working From Home Fosters Job Satisfaction does provide some detail to this difference that I found noteworthy.\u00a0 First the background stats: Seventy-three percent of the remote and home-based workers surveyed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Retention&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Retention","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/retention\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1429,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/02\/fast-facts-about-telecommuting\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":3},"title":"Fast Facts About Telecommuting","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Seems like our small-sized companies are catching on to the telecommuting option this year which is a bit of a change.\u00a0 I think a good post would be one that lays out a salesperson's tools of the trade for today. Included in that list would be a web-based CRM and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sales Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sales Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/sales-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1096,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/telecommuting-is-becoming-an-expected-perk\/","url_meta":{"origin":227,"position":4},"title":"Telecommuting Is Becoming An Expected Perk","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We have been discussing telecommuting in the sales world over the past year and have seen it appear in our sourcing efforts as a common topic. Inc.com looks into this trend in their article The Benefits of Telecommuting. 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