Regus: Let Employees Work from Remote Locations

January 12th, 2010

Letting employees work from another location at a moment’s notice saves time and money and provides positive customer perception that their supplier can continue delivering through any disruption. But it also puts the green stamp of approval on a corporate brand in the mind of consumers.

So says Regus. Regus isn’t just offering its biased opinion. The company even went so far as to commission research to support its argument that letting employees to work flexibly could save businesses money in staff turnover and recruitment costs.

Researchers surveyed 11,000 businesses in 13 countries. The results reveal that nearly one in five respondents globally have seriously considered leaving their job in the last two years because their journey to work is too long. Most countries showed a proportion of between 15 and 20 percent. That’s especially noteworthy considering the global recession over the past two years.

Commuters who spend over one hour to get to work showed a stronger tendency to want to defect to another company even though their job satisfaction remained high.

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