Telecommuting Increases Management Productivity and Saves Time/Money

Let's do a little time-management analysis. How much time do you think you spend commuting to and from work - the total drive time? Our survey indicates that the average time we're stuck behind our "windshields" has almost doubled for many from 1-2 hours to 2-3 hours, per day. And, this represents only the average commute. Run a year-end total and compare it with your drive time. Our survey shows that people spend an average of 21 days a year commuting. That's 21 days of down time, wasted time, gas-consuming and air-polluting time. How does that compare to your total? The next question I'd like you to think about is how much uninterrupted time you have at work. That is, the actual time you have to get your work done. Our survey says, that, on average, its less than four hours a day. For many, it is often less than the time than they spent commuting! Now consider the wasted time spent at the office. Now let's consider dialing-in instead of driving-in. In other words, if you spend two hours a day commuting and only have four hours a day concentrating on your work, then if you telecommuted you would gain a 50% increase in your productivity and have an extra amount of time for other projects. If you did this more than once a week, the gains are pretty significant. However, there are many opponents to being "green" and so I say, telecommuting is not for everyone but everyone can do it.