You want to work from home, but your boss might not support the idea. Don’t blame your boss — it’s a lot of change.
Don’t make the mistake of telling your boss that you’ll be happier, and therefore more productive, working from home.
Your boss won’t care about your state of mind. Instead, spend a little time researching telecommuting statistics that your boss can care about.
In short, show your boss how telecommuting will improve or help business.
1: Your place is cheaper than theirs2: Your productivity will increase
3: Employee retention will go up
4: You’ll increase your billable hours
5: You’ll be running with the crowd
6: Your relationships will improve
7: It’s the green thing to do
8: Politicking will go down
9: You’ll be more accessible
10: It’s a weather-proof arrangement
Photo by MSDesigns.
CoolProducts on October 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 am
Great tips. In my management class, I used intercommunicating as a solution for a project that I had been given and my prof. was surprised to hear of my recommendation, though not displeased.
However, you do want to consider the negative side effects of working from home. You may develop a feeling of disconnect from the workforce, have increased trouble in your communications with people in the office and boss, etc.
Curt on October 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Great idea, but it could be very tempting to work on your own business while in your home office.
Working from home can increase the risk of people finding something more enjoyable to do, like another job or starting their own business.
Latif OZTURK on October 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 am
it is really gread idea. I will try to persuade my boss and inform them about that.
Jaclyn on October 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 am
This is a great idea, but a tough one to get a boss to agree to especially if there has never been anyone working from home in the company before. there are many disadvantages however to working from home that you have to consider in case your boss brings them up during the proposal and expects a solution on demand to the problem. the possibility of being to comfortable at home and therefore not completeing work on time, too many distractions if there are kids in the home, failure to have the right equipment at your home to complete the tasks and therefore costing either yourself or the company more money to set you up from home and so on. be ready for anything when making this proposal to your boss and have an answer for every possible angle.
Susan on October 23rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
A great list of items. Luckily my husband can work 2 out of 5 days at home, although he is worried about advancement in the company if he spends more than the 2 days telecommuting.
cassy on January 5th, 2009 at 1:19 am
thanks for this cool idea, but i dont think my boss will say yes! but who knows? why not try it? there is nothing wrong about it, thanks again for this information!
Alfons on January 5th, 2009 at 7:19 am
I think i wanna give example first to my boss how i can make money bigger than himself and maybe he will quit his job also.