Telecommuters are Happier, Healthier

Telecommuters are happier with their jobs.  People who can work from home on occasion statistically miss less work due to illnesses or other absences.  Lucky for the modern office workforce, lots of companies offer flexible scheduling and opportunities to work from home as fringe benefits to keep top talent performing at optimal levels year round.  According to the statistical information from this infographic from Citrix, this makes good business sense.  A workshifting policy has been known to aid recruiting, enhance employee productivity, satisfaction, and retention, and support corporate diversity by attracting some of the best talent from all corners of the world. Allowing employees to work part or full time from home also help businesses to reduce capital and operating costs, particularly in organizations that implement virtual desktops that allow employees to operate in the same working environment whether in the office or on their own personal devices from home.  In the course of one year, the savings from using less energy to operate work stations in the office can be substantial, even when employees only work from home once or twice a week.  Many people believe this helps to create a truly green corporate culture with a smaller carbon footprint, and happy, healthy workers.  To view the statistics, just click on the graphic below: