You might ask yourself, “Why work from home?” There is certainly a lot of buzz around the topic of telecommuting and working from home these days as these are the businesses and the workers who are surviving, and some are thriving, amidst the COVID 19 pandemic lockdown.
It turns out this coronavirus is changing the way that we look at employment in the country, and while you might think this is just “temporary,” as time goes on, businesses, organizations, and all levels of government are discovering new ways to conduct their affairs in this new normal.
Employers who have embraced the teleworking alternative, have saved immense overhead costs while employees have been “temporarily” telecommuting. As employees’ jobs have mutated into jobs online, employers are now readying to eliminate these extraneous costs after the restrictions are lifted.
So, if you’ve been waiting to get your old job back after the “all clear” is sounded, you may be surprised to find out that nearly all jobs in many of the businesses, organizations, and agencies that have survived the lockdown will mostly be hiring teleworkers only, people who are ready, willing, and able to work from home.
So, if you are asking, “Why should I consider working from home?”
The answer is: That’s where the jobs are. But there are also other reasons to consider telecommuting, which are highly advantageous for you and your quality of life.
Of all the things in life that are not renewable, the most recognized and invaluable resource is time. Once it has passed, you can never get it back, and there’s no way to adequately make up for it once it has slipped into the past.
Telecommuters have the ability to take control of the “time” that would otherwise be lost in (at the very minimum) the commute to and from work. Think about it, how much time is spent traveling to and from work for you? What if you could take those hours back? What would you do with them?
Not all, but most teleworking arrangements, allow for “flextime,” which means you can adjust your work hours to fit your life. This is especially beneficial for parents who have children in school.
Teleworking parents who have flextime can reschedule their work hours to accommodate school activities and extra-curricular events, never having to “take time off work” or miss another precious family milestone.
And if your kids are at home, this could radically decrease the amount having to pay for childcare, as well as the drive to and from as well. (That is like getting a raise and even more time back.)
Increasing your net income from working at home is another exciting benefit of telecommuting. Many of your work-related expenses are greatly reduced or eliminated altogether. Less gas, wear and tear on your car, attire, and the expenses associated with keeping up appearances while working at an office.
That money goes straight in your pocket or can be used for other things.
Yes, there is no doubt the businesses, organizations, and agencies are concerned about their bottom lines. They are seeing increases in employee performance of nearly 20% at no extra cost while reducing their overhead costs. But what’s the most important thing the telecommuters are enjoying?
A higher quality of life than they might have expected.
At first, the transition to telecommuting or moving their jobs into a work-from-home arrangement may have seemed like a punishment, once they adapted to the change, most have enjoyed the increased quality of life, and many have noted they will miss working from home when the restrictions are lifted. They will be pleasantly surprised when the employer announces that they will not have to return to work and continue working from home.
There are many other reasons why you might like to work from home.
Tell us why you would like to work from home?