Remote Working

Since the adoption of flexible working practices by many employers, remote working is now being offered, enabling employees to work from home. The Open Source Software Company's remote working solutions enable employers to stay in touch with their employees, regardless of whether they are at home, at a client's premises or travelling from one location to another.

Remote working (or tele-working) greatly benefits those employees who may have a long distance to travel in order to get to work, spend a large amount of time commuting to meetings or who are mobile but use the office as a base.

The costs of equipment and telecommunications were once technical barriers, but now with the advent of always on connections such as 'broadband', it is possible to link offices allowing employees to communicate effectively. The nature of such connections allow for the transfer of voice and data traffic running symultaneously over the same physical connection.

"A recent study showed that 41% of workers rate travel as the most annoying aspect of their job."

Source: British Office Workers Want To Work From Home - Ipsos MORI

Benefits of Remote Working

Employers

Significant reduction in operating costs due to a decrease in office space requirements.
Ability to provide improved customer support by having personnel outside of normal office hours.
Flexibility for you and your employees, without loss in work productivity.
The opportunity to improve staff loyalty and minimise staff turnover.
Greener corporate image due to environmental benefits such as a reduction in congestion and emissions.

Emmployees

Greater balance between work responsibilities and home commitments.
Higher productivity when working at home.
More efficient time management.
The time saved by not commuting (can be up to 40% of the working day) can be injected into current projects or additional meetings.
Reduced commute times will lead to reduced stress.

Our Solutions

The solutions we provide can be specifically customised to suit the needs of a business looking to adopt remote working practices into their business model. We provide consultancy services to assist an employer with regards to the possible adoption of remote working practices. A basic consultancy exercise with regards to this would comprise of the following:

The workforce will be consulted, ascertaining which employees wish to work remotely.
Remote policies and procedures will be discussed. If necessary, contracts of employment may need updating in addition to health and safety procedures with regards to working from home.
The I.T. infrastructure will be determined to support the procedures discussed above.