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Telecommuting: Companies
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Phil Quigley, chairman of Pacific Telesis, estimates telecommuting can save millions in real estate costs. And it can solve other problems as well. Many Sourthern California companies turned to telecommuting after the 1994 Northridge earthquake devastated transportation routes. Pacific Telesis says 90 percent of those customers are still telecommuting today.
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Companies with telecommuting employees report one or two days less absenteeism per remote employee per year. Teleworking is proven to decrease sick days, days lost to child-care emergencies and time taken for doctor appointments. Simply reducing the average employee absentee rate by one day a year can mean adding one or two points to a company's profit margin, according to studies released by CIGNA corporation.
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AT&T's telework webguide, an excellent resource that explains the benefits of telecommuting and how to set up a pilot program. The site ... has surveys to help you assess whether your company is ready for telework and a sample agreement.
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As more and more employees are looking for worklife flexibility, they're requesting, and sometimes even demanding, telecommuting as part of their employment offer. Companies see telecommuting as a useful recruiting tool in a tight labor market and as a way to reduce personnel churn.
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The environmental benefits of telecommuting are pretty apparent, but business leaders no doubt want to be sure that giving employees the green light to telecommute yields bottom-line benefits. Based on the successes enjoyed by the various companies, the answer appears to be a resounding yes.
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It’s not surprising that many companies, including video game companies, see challenges in offering a partial telecommuting program. Just the word “telecommuting” can stir up disturbing images of empty cubicles, unattended water-coolers, and lonely memos floating down hallways like tumbleweeds.
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