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How Working from Home Helps Businesses, Employees, and the Environment [Infographic]

October 25, 2012 by Susan Gunelius
Infographics

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Most people who have had the chance to work from home will agree that telecommuting increases their productivity levels and reduces their stress. An infographic from CarInsurance.org (shown below) highlights a number of different ways that providing telecommuting options to employees can improve not just employees’ performance and job satisfaction but also the company’s performance.

For example, the infographic asks a question, “What if the 86% of Americans who report that they drive to work started to telecommute 50% of the time?” Here are some of the things that would change if that scenario became a reality:

Oil saved: One-third of America’s yearly Persian Gulf imports.
Greenhouse gas: Reduction equivalent to the entire workforce of New York State never commuting again.
Employee time: 109 hours per year of commute time for the typical worker.
Employee stress: 23% reduction in stress levels for telecommuting employees.
Productivity: 10-20% increase in productivity levels for employees who work from home.

Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 20-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored ten books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics.