Work from home: Good for you. Good for the boss
[Johannesburg, 5 March 2009] -
Many of us are seeking more than a pay-cheque, looking instead for a healthy balance between work and life, the ability to spend more time with our families or just at the place we call home. However, each morning, we are forced to enter the infuriating, time and energy draining reality of snarls of traffic, consigning the best hours of the day to fruitlessly sitting in the car.For many, however, the possibility of working from home is becoming more than a possibility, and entering the realm of probability. This flexibility is becoming a highly attractive option, not only for employees, but also for employers, says Louis Yssel, CEO of information and communications technology provider YSL Group. “Remote workforces are becoming a reality, driven by the availability and low cost of technology, which allows people to perform their work from home as effectively as if they were in the office,” he says.“And the advantages are a two-way street; employers are warming to the concept as their information workers can get much more done in much less time. Meanwhile, almost everyone will be very happy to trade time in the car for productive hours spent in front of the computer in a home office.”
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