Remote Working: A Competitive Advantage

While it made sense for everyone to work on-site in the 1950s, as office equipment was only accessible at work, this hasn’t been the case for years now.

Some companies recognized this, and, even before COVID, allowed remote work, some, or all of the time.

But, for the majority of organizations, it took a pandemic to realize it.

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮.

In fact, a recent Gallup finding shows that 60% of employees want to be remote some of the time.

This does not mean a set number of defined days each week on-site.

💠 Instead, whenever possible, allow employees the freedom to pick their work location.

💠 If some on-site is really necessary, allow employees to choose when that will be.

Companies offering flexibility like this will stay ahead of the game in engaging employees, helping with retention and in attracting top talent.

There are some things for employers to keep in mind:

• Regular check-ins between employees and managers are critical.
  
  
• Burn-out is a factor, so create a culture where employees know they are not expected to be available 24/7.
  
  
• Some thought is definitely required to ensure that culture is maintained while everyone works remotely.

𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩.

Whether it’s candidates interviewing with you, or your employees currently working successfully from home.

When so many others have already recognized that the 1950s way of working needs to be abolished once and for all.