A 40 minute daily commute (80 minutes a day) is equal to 8 working weeks a year.
The potential US employer annual savings through telework from reduced absenteeism, recruiting costs, and from increased productivity could be as high as $441 billion.¹
Telework can cut corporate real estate costs from 25 to 90%.¹
The manager/staff ratio in a virtual organization is 1:40. It's 1:4 in a traditional office.¹
63% of absentee related costs can be saved per teleworker.
By 2016, 43% of the US workforce will telecommute.¹
The number of employed Americans who telework grew from 41.3 million in 2003 to 44.4 million in 2004, a 7.5% growth rate.¹
19.6 million telecommuters in 2001 reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 39,000 tons of hydrocarbons; 590,000 tons of carbon monoxide; and 31,000 tons of nitrogen oxide each day.¹
61% of paid workers would give up some pay in order to telecommute.
Telecommuting results in improved supervisor-staff relationships, reduced stress, increased job satisfaction, worker retention, and improved productivity and career prospects.
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82% of FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” provide telecommuting opportunities.
70% of workers felt that if they were
trusted to work in a flexible environment their productivity would improve.
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67% of employees said telework would make them more loyal to their employer.¹
77% would jump at the opportunity to work from home if their employers offered it to them.¹
