Introducing remote working practices means looking at a company’s whole culture, analysing how people currently work within that environment, and finding smarter, more flexible ways of achieving their business goals.
For some companies, this can be a real eye opener, exposing working practices that are outdated and inefficient, in terms of both time and energy. As many companies are discovering, embracing more modern working patterns enables them to reduce costs, as well as attracting and keeping talented staff. Concerns still remain, however about the impact of remote working on employee productivity, effective team building and network security.
Technology has revolutionised the workplace, allowing remote workers to pick up email, consult company databases and browse corporate files, among many other activities. While technology is important – innovations like broadband and wireless kick-started the remote revolution, after all, and advances in virtual private networks, voice over IP and mobile devices have fuelled its continuation – it is not the whole story.
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