To date, home working has not been widely implemented across public and private sectors in the UK - however drastic budget cuts will inevitably force a reappraisal of the wider introduction of home working as the immediate need to do more with much less is forcing organisations to look at ways of improving their performance with less resource.
A recent BIFM study has shown that 61% of organisations are actively encouraging remote and flexible working for all staff. Increasing numbers of employers are looking to relocate their staff away from expensive corporate environments as a further way of releasing yet more space.
With the considerable improvements made in mobile, wireless and fixed line technology; and the massive investments in fibre, bandwidth, server capacity, device capability, cloud computing and unified communication, the digital world is increasingly being seen as the place of work, with the consequent rise of people working in the ‘clouds’ or a ‘virtual office’.
Home and mobile working is all about offering both employers and employees choice and empowerment around where and when they work, as long as the job can be done – a culture that has meant removing the artificial measures of success, such as time and attendance, and focusing on results and performance.
Evidence shows that flexible working gets the best out the work force; some workers have shown a 30% increase in productivity and on average, home workers devote 40% of the time they save commuting to and from work on other things and 60% on their work. They are also more likely to work longer hours too. An increase in home working and flexible working practices has opened up a whole new, previously unavailable, workforce to the
public sector and
corporate sector – the part time worker - many of whom make a positive contribution to the productivity of the organisation. This helps to bring a more socially inclusive employee to the marketplace and allows the employer make greater savings with less resource.
It is no longer sustainable to employ twentieth century working methods in modern British organisations; flexible working means more responsive, efficient and effective organisations based on a more balanced, motivated and productive workforce.
This is at the core of what space-pod does and we have already helped many SME's and larger organisations to maximise their working spaces (in the traditional office space, the mobile working environment and the home office), whilst also achieving some notable productivity and working environment improvements.
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