It depends too much of the company, the industry, the role, the workers...are too much variables.
I've worked in a BIG5 in IT that promote "one day working from home". This "benefit" will not be available to all employees, and was linked to a trial period.
Benefits for employee: less time to conmute, schedule packaging delivery, schedule repairs at home, happiness...
Benefits for employer: Increase of productivity, Reduced absenteeism, don't pay for office suppliers or office space and utilities...
Hope it helps. Good Luck!
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1 reply by Wade Harshman
Sep 28, 2016 4:29 PM
Wade Harshman
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Maria, I'm curious: were you able to measure an increase in productivity from employees who worked remotely?
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
The world is much smaller now. Many organizations have offices spread throughout, with teams working across locations. With technology bringing us closer together with IM and video calls, the need for a formal office is less.
Of course there is money. If there is a cost savings, that is a strong argument -- smaller space, rotating remote days. Security wise, is there an existing VPN configured to leverage. Accessibility and security are two big factors for sure
Personally, I prefer an office setting. We have an open space environment which I quite like. Factors such as family and space play into it at a personal level as well. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
In my experience, after more than 25 years in working on this environments, there is only one: cost. But you have to take into account legal impact. Saving Changes...
Ram Narayanan SastryProduct Analyst| Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationNasushiobara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, Japan
I agree with Maria that there are a lot of drivers for this. Also, Andrew is right that key driver is of course money and that is what the managers generally like to hear about. One thing that I did for my team was as my team consisted of lot of females and quite of few of them were going on their maternity leaves at one time in our project. After lot of brainstorming, we figured out that it was more beneficial for us to allow them to work from home. This way we did not lose the talent at hand and also as we work in the medical field which requires a lot of domain knowledge to built before we get the productivity gains, it made a lot of sense.
So I guess, apart from the generic topics, it would be important to relate the exact situation within your project and use that to convince your management if you think that is the right way to go. Saving Changes...
Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
Sep 27, 2016 1:56 PM
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It depends too much of the company, the industry, the role, the workers...are too much variables.
I've worked in a BIG5 in IT that promote "one day working from home". This "benefit" will not be available to all employees, and was linked to a trial period.
Benefits for employee: less time to conmute, schedule packaging delivery, schedule repairs at home, happiness...
Benefits for employer: Increase of productivity, Reduced absenteeism, don't pay for office suppliers or office space and utilities...
Hope it helps. Good Luck!
Maria, I'm curious: were you able to measure an increase in productivity from employees who worked remotely?
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1 reply by Mayte Mata Sivera
Sep 28, 2016 6:26 PM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Hi Wade
My N+2 explained me that. I didn't have visibility about the numbers, but he told me that depending of the team member he observed that was more focused at home that in the office. He explained that coffee breaks decreases the productivity in some team members.
I don't know how he measured it, I keep in contact with he...I'll try to reach an answer, but I don't promise anything.
Maria, I'm curious: were you able to measure an increase in productivity from employees who worked remotely?
Hi Wade
My N+2 explained me that. I didn't have visibility about the numbers, but he told me that depending of the team member he observed that was more focused at home that in the office. He explained that coffee breaks decreases the productivity in some team members.
I don't know how he measured it, I keep in contact with he...I'll try to reach an answer, but I don't promise anything.
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1 reply by Wade Harshman
Sep 29, 2016 9:33 AM
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Thanks, I appreciate the response. It's a very interesting topic.
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Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
Sep 28, 2016 6:26 PM
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Hi Wade
My N+2 explained me that. I didn't have visibility about the numbers, but he told me that depending of the team member he observed that was more focused at home that in the office. He explained that coffee breaks decreases the productivity in some team members.
I don't know how he measured it, I keep in contact with he...I'll try to reach an answer, but I don't promise anything.
Thanks, I appreciate the response. It's a very interesting topic. Saving Changes...
Chuck MortonProgram Manager/ Sr Project Manager| Morton Project Management LLCSmyrna, Ga, United States
One of the best arguments for convincing management to let employees work remotely is that management can treat this as an experiment. If the current employees prove that they can successfully work remotely, then there is no reason that the company can't significantly reduce expense by off-shoring their jobs. After all, if the employees can work remotely 20 miles away and you get all the tools, infrastructure and practices in place to do this successfully, there is no reason why that job can't be done two thousand miles away. Saving Changes...
