Despite high demand, the majority of organisations still fail to support homeworking practices. A recent survey has revealed that almost one in four employees (22%) would be prepared to take a pay cut to work from home. Six percent would be prepared to take a reduction in pay of between six and 10% and two per would be prepared to take a pay cut of between 16% and 20%.
The global online survey was carried out by Famatech, a leading provider of fast and secure remote control software for desktop and server management.
Of the survey respondents, 83% agreed that their decision about whether to take a new job would be influenced by the ability to work from home.
Despite the popularity of homeworking, only 14% of respondents stated that they are actively encouraged to work from home and 16% said that homeworking was not allowed at all at their place of employment.
?It is astonishing that so few companies encourage homeworking despite the numerous competitive, financial and environmental benefits they can be gained from doing so. The quality of the remote access technology that is now available ensures that ?working from home? doesn?t mean the employee will be delivering less value or getting any less work done,? says Anton Levchuk, marketing director, Famatech.
High-profile cases of stolen laptops has meant many organisations are, cautious about offering flexible working options for security reasons but as long as employers take the necessary security precautions this needn?t be a concern.
The provision of homeworking offers lower operating costs and more flexibility to employers and provides employees with more family time and higher mobility and has environmental benefits due to the reduction in traveling. Beyond the benefits of offering remote working to people who choose it as a working preference, the provision of technology that enables homeworking can be useful when transport problems, weather, industrial strikes or someone?s personal circumstances make it difficult or even impossible for them to get in to work.
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