The biggest lie you are told at work is that you are getting paid what you are worth. If you knew the truth, you would know that your employer is making at least five times what you are being paid. Once you have an awareness of how valuable you actually are you assume a position of empowerment.
Now that you know how valuable you are, you are able to negotiate with your employer, since you now realize that you are grossly underpaid.
You may be making a wage that is comfortable for you, and maybe you don’t want to rock the boat too much. So, what could you ask for? Freedom, my friend, freedom.
You can easily ask for a bit of liberty and freedom, to be released from the shackles of the environment which you are forced to be entrapped in. Instead of working your nine-to-five within the confines of your regular job, and having to commute back-and-forth every day, propose that you telecommute, or work from home.
You may not be able to accomplish all of the details of your work at home, but the more you can be free, the better your quality of life can be.
Thanks to the coronavirus and the government’s ensuing COVID-19 lockdown, we are discovering that many jobs that required heavy commutes and unending hours away from home, translated into full-time work from home jobs online.
While the experiment of sending people home to work from home during the lockdown panicked many a manager, and administrators were fit to be tied, the results were astounding. Employees were not only able to perform many (if not all) of their job functions from home, but employee productivity shot up nearly 20 percent.
What do you think administration and management thought of that?
Think about it. If the company, agency, or organization that you are working for was raking in $500 for every $100 they paid you, now they’re making $600 for every $100 you get paid if you’re telecommuting or working from home. Is that a profitable move? You know it is.
If you’re currently working for a company that is not offering you telecommuting or considering the move of your job online, it’s an easy proposal to make.
In fact, the businesses, agencies, and organizations who quickly embraced the idea of empowering their employees to work from their homes when the COVID-19 lockdown reared its ugly head, they were able to survive the storm. They found themselves not only surviving but thriving.
It wasn’t long and they started having meetings about how to reduce costs by eliminating offices, brick and mortar facades, and getting out of leases to accommodate on-site workers. Having the teleworkers working from home was not only more profitable, but it allowed them to cut costs immensely.
After the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, many employees will be surprised to find out that they will be continuing to work from home, instead of having to commute to and from work every day. The companies win, the employees win, because even if they don’t get a salary increase, not having the expenses associated with commuting to and from work, is like getting a raise, plus you get the most valuable asset of all by telecommuting; your life back. All the hours you wasted in traveling to and from your job are now yours to keep and do with what you want.
So, yes, the time is now to make a presentation to your employer about working from home if you’re not already doing so. Everyone wins.
Although, there is another option to think about.
WORK FROM HOME BONUS
There are others who are exercising a completely different strategy, and you might consider this as an option for yourself.
There is a growing number of Americans who are ditching the jobs online altogether, and performing their former skill set by moving their job online as a self-employed freelancer, for two-and-a-half times their former salary!
These people have figured out that they are easily worth five-times their former pay, so why not strike out and create their own opportunities offering their skills to other businesses?
If you do so, you get to choose.
Do you take in two-and-a-half times the pay for doing the same work?
Or do you make the same amount of money and work 25% as much as you are now?
Alternatively, you could start your own online business with low overhead and huge profit potential, though this takes a bit more savvy.
As many have discovered, taking your start-up business to the Internet is a simple process but it is not easy, and many fail or shiver in a fetal position from the thought of it. But with the right coaching, you could be one of the wildly successful ones.
Think about it.