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Why Telecommuting Makes Sense
By Dennis McCafferty on 2010-06-15


Telecommuting—workers like it, the environment benefits from it, but a lot of bosses still disdain it. In a tight economy, though, it is harder than ever to argue with the bottom-line numbers. Allowing employees to work outside the office provides a great cost savings for organizations, according to new findings from Citrix Online and the Telework Research Network.

See also: The Boss Won't Let Your Telecommute.
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$400 billion is the estimated amount virtual work policies can save U.S.businesses every year.

$124 billion of this projected savings figure would come from reduced officecosts.

$46 billion in telecommuter-driven savings would be realized through loweremployee absenteeism.

$31 billion per year would be saved through reduced employee turnover.

40 percent of American workers can work from home at least some of the time.

79 percent of those American workers would chose to do so if given theopportunity.

$576,000 is what a 100-employee company would gain if it allowed employeesto work from home just half of the time.

$235 billion is how much in productivity the U.S. economy would gain ifthose employers adopted “virtual work” policies.

$362 is what each employee would save on gas per year viaworkshifting/telecommuting.

$3840 is what each employee would allegedly save every year on parking,food, clothing.

Two weeks is how much free time each employee would save by not commuting toan office.

53 million metric tons of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would be eliminatedevery year—the equivalent of taking 9.6 million cars off the road.

$2 billion is what U.S. taxpayers would save every year inhighway-maintenance costs.

$11 billion is what taxpayers would save in costs due to traffic accidents.

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