Does a company save money if it allows 80% of it's staff to work remotely?

[Kross]

Remote work has become very popular nowadays. And some companies are actually allowing some of their staff to work remotely.

Do you think a company would save money in cost of operations if it allows 80% of it's staff to work remotely? How does that cost savings happen?

 

[King Belieal]

Cost of operational utilities like power would be drastically reduced if a company has more remote workers.

 

[Augusta]

Yes they would save a whole lot of money as working in an office would need rentage and. That's a whole lot of money

 

[eLdavis]

Yes a company would be able to save more money in a situation like this. This would lead to decrease in the cost utilities.

 

[Augusta]

If they allow their employees to work from home half of the time, employers could save up to a good amount àper employee per year

 

[Tobi]

Many companies have to produce product, and doing this from home is difficult/impossible. For office workers, the problem is that many are not setup to be able to do it, and people are just not used to being productive from home. From a costly-savings, little is actually saved. Rent/mortgage still needs to be paid, lights/heat/AC still need to be on unless no one is in the office, etc. Very little will actually be saved.

 

[Fidelia]

Many companies have to produce product, and doing this from home is difficult/impossible. For office workers, the problem is that many are not setup to be able to do it, and people are just not used to being productive from home. From a costly-savings, little is actually saved. Rent/mortgage still needs to be paid, lights/heat/AC still need to be on unless no one is in the office, etc. Very little will actually be saved.

The company might be able to lower the salaries of those that do secretarial work from home because they don't pay for commuting.

 

[Suba]

If you build a business that allows for remote work, such as selling digital products, freelancing, web development, etc., you can save on expenses like office rent, electricity and water bills, no need to pay employee transportation costs, no lunches, etc.

 

[Kross]

I always say that if a business organization has the structure for some staff to work at home, they should be allowed to. It actually saves the business organization some money.

 

[kit_hung]

If they allow their employees to work from home half of the time, employers could save up to a good amount àper employee per year

Important to note that these savings would not be realized by all firms, in every situation.

 

[Augusta]

Yes, companies save money with remote employees working in hybrid workplaces because they pay less in rent and utilities