3 advantages of teleworking for employees

The teleworking has established itself as a revolution in the professional world, offering a multitude of benefits for employees and employers. Here's an in-depth look at the benefits of working remotely.

Saving time and productivity when working from home

Reduction of travel time thanks to teleworking

For many, teleworking radically changes the pace of a day: the time that was spent in transport to go to work is freed up for other activities related to their daily lives.

While this phenomenon is negligible for some, it is structuring for others: in Île-de-France, the average commute time between home and work is 1 hour and 28 minutes. Thus, those who spent several hours a day in transport now have the possibility of allocating time to family, sports, cultural or associative occupations thanks to teleworking.

Reduction of fatigue when working from home

By relieving employees of long trips, it is also the resulting fatigue that we avoid. Therefore, teleworking indirectly allows employees to be more efficient in carrying out their missions.

They are also often more productive because the environment in which they work is less distracting, which increases their concentration. However, care must be taken to maintain the boundaries that must exist between private and professional life.

Autonomy and responsibility in teleworking

More flexibility when working from home

By allowing their employees to work remotely, businesses are giving them greater confidence. Workers become free in managing their schedule: they can diversify their daily tasks, decide to alternate professional missions and private life imperatives, or choose to maintain the pace of a working day similar to the one they experienced at their workplace.

This freedom allows employees to develop skills in planning and self-managing professional activities, which empowers them.

Well-being and self-confidence when working from home

The flexibility associated with teleworking allows many employees to be more peaceful and to improve their wellness. Indeed, the psychological pressure imposed by long trips, and by the professional environment can be difficult to bear.

Self-confidence is also affected by this change: some workers, seeing that they are more efficient and autonomous, feel more comfortable and recognize their strengths and weaknesses more easily.

The balance between private and professional life is thus all the more solid the more the workers are satisfied with their professional situation.

The democratization of remote work, which we have been experiencing intensively since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, is therefore an element that workers benefit from in their life balance.

Gains in time, productivity, motivation, energy, and ease allow employees to fully develop. However, the risks associated with remote working can harm the physical and mental health of employees. An encroachment of professional life on private life, often unequal working conditions, and a feeling of isolation can trigger psychological distress.