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By Gaurav Saini On 24 Feb 2016
Akash is a software engineer and when he passed out from his engineering college, he got the dream job with one of the leading IT companies as a software engineer. He joined the company with great enthusiasm and zeal to build a long career with the organisation. His induction went off well; it was an exhaustive training program for three months with 90 percent classroom training. He was very excited to take a leap into the software development platform. After the training program was completed, Akash was introduced to his team and manager and thereon, started his journey in the IT industry. When he joined the team and the project, he was oriented with the Dos and Don’ts at work, which included certain restrictions on carrying the work/data home and accessing some of the social media websites while being at work. Akash, being a Gen Z, did not like this fact but continued working with some dissatisfaction.
After a few days, he met his friends who talked about how happy they were with their respective jobs and organisations. Initially, Akash was very thrilled with the brand name and the compensation he received. However, he was surprised to see that there were people who got less salary compared to what he gets or a newer brand to work with, yet, they were happier and proud about their organisation. The reason was very simple. His friends were given a lot of flexibility at work. They were getting the SMART connected experience in their organisation. The company gave them most of the options for convenience in their day to day work, and also, while they were on the move. Their company was a Next Gen IT company which believed in ‘telecommuting of its employee’.
Unlike Akash, employees need flexibility at work, more mobility and information anywhere and anytime for working seamlessly.
We live in an era where we are working on global projects, global customers and within global markets; hence we are required to stay available 24X7 for any necessity or support to our teams. In these situations, telecommuting comes as a big relief, satisfaction and a sense of freedom to the employees.
When we are talking about productivity, we should talk about the factors that enhance productivity. In the current scenario, it’s no more about Productivity Management, it’s about Productivity Enhancement. Today, telecommuting enhances the productivity multi-fold and also motivates the employees to give their best at work or towards their organisation.
Telecommuting comes with certain benefits, such as:
To effectively improve the employee experience & the telecommuting system, the business should also consider:
Telecommuting is also becoming very popular and critical in engaging employees. Companies are developing mobile applications where they can run their engagement activities on the move. Employees can participate in those activities whilst at work, at home or on the move. Companies run jam codes, gamefied engagement activities, online contests, wellness activities, quizzes, etc in order to keep employees motivated.
Companies have facilitated Intranet access so that employees can apply for leaves, access important company updates, policies as well as avail other benefits whilst being away from office. Telecommuting has proved very effective for companies wherein its employees are based out of multiple locations globally, and this helps connect people faster, without times zone constraints.
Learning on the move has also taken a fast pace recently and employees prefer to have online versions of technical or non-technical learning programs. Organisations are promoting e-learning through videos, TED talks and gamefied learning platforms on mobile devices. This saves time and provides flexibility to the employees to finish their required learning hours in their own space and time. The current generation of people does not want to attend full time learning classes as it is difficult for them to dedicate an entire day in training programs. Companies are coming up with innovative ways to engage employees so as to enhance their skill sets on regular basis. Here, inclusion of mobility or telecommuting is the key to decide the right option. Every learning platform is nowadays coming up with alternative mobile devices for accessibility.
Corporates are coming up with the concept of no-fixed or assigned desks. People have plug-in/plug-out desks and can work from home or any other branch or office of the same company. This way, organisations save on a lot of fixed costs such as desk, electricity, transport, food and beverages, housekeeping, etc.
Over all, Telecommuting can provide solutions to a lot of challenges faced by companies with their employees. Companies have to open their doors with all these facilities to their people. Although this sounds extremely convenient, telecommuting also comes with a lot of responsibility and requires self-discipline and control. Employees need to be more responsible and skilled while utilising these benefits of telecommuting, which will lead to the attainment of maximum benefits.
Published in: People and Management
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Gaurav is a former Happiest Mind and this content was created and published during his tenure.
Gaurav Saini Gaurav is a former Happiest Mind and this content was created and published during his tenure.
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