It's difficult today to walk through a residence



listed on the real estate market which does not

boast a space designated for a home office or

work area. In fact, now in 2007, just over 80 of America's workforce began a

trend where by, all or some of their work week

was done from the comfort of home, not the office

downtown. With increasing accessibility to

internet services, and expanding

telecommunications systems, the office now is

considered portable. Today, in 2007, 19% of America's workforce telecommutes.

With a few years of telecommuting now under our

belts, corporate American executives still are

not totally sold on the concept with 69 of corporate executives

struggle with believing in telecommuting.

In 2006, the organization, Manpower, conducted a ?

Flexible Working Survey?. Through this survey it

was discovered 77 of

those same employees stated that simply having

the choice was ideal. 80 claimed it would improve

relationships with spouses and life partners. 70 said telecommuting would make

them more loyal to their employer. 80 of

employees, due to the increasing cost of auto

fuel, were thinking of quitting their jobs to

find work closer to home.

Imagine if you were an employer with 100

employees working in a traditional office setting.

If the cost of training in a new employee was $

9000.00, then having to replace 31 of those

employees who quit due to fuel costs, would cost

you $279,000.00. Of your 100 employees, if each

in office employee represented a sales volume of $

120,000.00 per year, by allowing 25, then

your business? increase in sales volume per

telecommuting employee would equal $42,000.00 for

an increase in corporate sales by $1,050,000.00.

If you save $6000.00 per telecommuting employee

in office rental space, then 25 employees

multiplied by 6000 equals a savings in office

rental space of $150,000.00. In this scenario,

each telecommuting employee represents to the

company bottom line, an increase of $48,000.00

per year.

Lets look at our scenario from another approach.

If each telecommuting employee represents a

revenue increase of $48,000.00 per year, and

those employees are being paid on average $50,000.

00 per year, factor in the average telecommuting

employee saving $2500.00 per year in direct

commuting costs, by telecommuting, a company ends

up with employees who theoretically pay for

themselves, by working from home. Yet still, 69 of corporate American executives

struggle in their belief of the benefits of

telecommuting.

Telecommuting'is it pooped out, or pepped up? The

answer depends on corporate America's ability to

lead.