If you're comfortable with telephones, email, and AIM, consider keeping your employees out of the office. The results of a large new survey indicate that many people are willing to take pay cuts so long as they can work from home.
Dice Holdings contacted 1,500 professionals and found, "37% said they'd cut their salary by up to 10%." It's not like you'd be asking these workers for a huge favor, either; Dice only brought up the issue of gas prices, so benefits related to sleep, clothing, and overall comfort might act as extra incentives.
Meanwhile, you'd be saving a considerable amount of money on payroll, and possibly more on office equipment and electricity.
You may not be able to get every employee to accept this deal, of course -36 percent of Dice's respondents disliked the idea. Also, it's probably best to have at least a couple of people maintaining an office or storefront.
This is the sort of potential win-win situation that seems worth investigating, though. Even a compromise - say, two days a week at home and a three percent cut - would help in a lot of ways.
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I work from home
i work from home (as a self employed web designer) and I can tell you that the benefits (financially, mentally and physically), are immense. Of course this model won't work for every industry, but if you can do it, telecommuting is the way to go.
Not only do I spend very little on gas (I am a workaholic who seldom goes far from home, so I only have to fill my tank every 2 weeks or so) but I no longer have to spend large amounts of money on my professional wardrobe. I have several nice business outfits, but most days, I can work in jogging pants and a warm sweater. This means that I seldom ever have to spend any money on dry cleaning, etc.
I get more sunshine now (I have large windows in my home office) which makes me much happier in general. I can stop and make a cup of tea or eat something when I need to, I don't have to worry about my dogs because they are right here with me, and I get to walk them more often (improving my health and theirs).
Of course the downside is that I can always find "just one more thing" to do so most days I spend at least 10-12 hours working. But the difference is that I am getting up and stretching my legs, doing yoga, etc. when I start to get tired, so I am more productive overall.
As to disadvantages, at first there were none . But after 3 years of working from home, I am starting to miss having a co-worker to talk to sometimes. Of course when you are in an office setting, you can't exactly hand pick who sits next to you and it's luck of the draw whether you end up with someone great or someone annoying. It's probably better to be a little bit lonely than it is to be stuck with somone you don't like much, or who is rude, etc. I do use instant messenger to do talk to other web professionals I know from previous jobs, so it's *almost* like having a co-worker, without the actual human contact.
nice article.
nice article and good expanation. but if all employes are cut by employers then govt cant burden the unemployement.
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