Working from home the way for future working?

Dalkeybabe

Hi
I was chatting to a pal of mine last night & she reckons that in the future all companies will have this as standard & the days of commuting to work will be no more except for environments like hospitals & care facilities. She thinks that millennials are helping to create this shift. What does everyone think?

listermint

Tbh it is only 'part' of benefits that companys will offer. It was a big thing a few years back but its not very productive when you are required to work in a cohesive team environment. Being onsite together physical conversations as shown to be more important and valuable.

Thats not to say working from home cannot form part of a 1 day a week or 2 days a week. That would be most likely.


What would be a big deal is if there was a cohesive government transport approach where companys that wished to do this 1 day or 2 days from home could actually use some central register to stagger the days thus alleviating traffic average traffic volumes for everyone.

Tabnabs

It will always be an option available only for a minority. The services industry is getting larger and larger and, for obvious reasons, cannot operate remotely. That's just one industry among a myriad of industries that require a person to be present to fulfil the role.

And that's just for the western world. So a tiny percentage of workers overall will ever be free of commuting and tapping on the keyboard from the back bedroom.

Varik

If employees are not longer needed on site, why would employers limit themselves to local labour pool or even need any full time staff for those roles.

Uber and other ride share companies were the first in, and now it's expanding into the "gig economy".