Pros and cons of mobile workers
Thursday, July 5th, 2012 Annie Livingston, MarketingA recent article in BusinessWeek addressed mobile employee productivity, and what they are really doing while “working from home.”
According to a few surveys, many mobile workers admit to watching a movie, taking naps and exercising. However, statistics have shown that not working in a “traditional” office setting actually improves productivity. Why do you think this is? It’s possible that mobile workers feel less pressure working from home in terms of their appearance and work habits allowing them to feel comfortable and accomplish more than they would in an office.
One of the points of mobile working is to accomplish your work tasks among other things in your daily life. Instead of stressing about your conference call running late when you have to pick up your kids from school, mobile workers are able to stay on the call and not disturb coworkers while still being able to pick up their kids on time.
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