"Benefits of working as a remote employee for a corporate company"

Working from a remote place either from home or some other locations away from the office location has yielded multiple benefits-both to the corporate as well as to the employees around the world. In today’s business environment, cost is a major issue for many corporations. Corporate houses often have found that rather than cutting jobs, if they can allow employees to work from remote places, would certainly help in the reduction of certain expenditures, for instances, electricity cost as a result of less power consumption, saving of office space and etc. Apart from these, office stationary cost (for example, paper, pens, clips etc.) can also be saved, machine cost (desktop computer and peripherals, vending machine) can be evaded; misuse of land-phone can also be minimised. 

Now, the benefits of working as a remote employee for a corporate company are manifold. Working from a remote location, such as home and without commuting to office on regular basis is considered lucrative by many employees. This is more advantageous for women employees, who have to look after their home more than men employees and those, who are either on the verge of conceiving or have already conceived baby. Plus, it also ensures the safety of a woman employee, who works remotely. The employee can also be expected to have increased income, due to his or her saving on daily travelling cost. He or she can take less hassle of getting ready for the office, much time is saved and it also reduces stress-factor. Indirectly, this is actually helping our environment in two ways- reduction of pollution and saving of fuel as a result of less usage of transportations, which are run by fuel. He or she can enjoy the comfort of a home, gets less exhausted from sitting at one corner, which generally happens in a typical office environment. Because of working remotely, he or she can provide more time to his or her family, thereby maintaining close proximity. This indirectly leads to the increase in the productivity of an employee, working remotely and thereby giving better results to the organizations, where he or she works for.

Sometimes, the employee enjoys the freedom from being monitored by their superiors and also from working in a noisy environment of some big corporate houses. He or she has the liberty to work at any point of time from a remote location. Similarly, the employee may not always require maintaining office decorum, when working from a remote place, such as wearing official dresses. Working remotely can also help employee to focus more on his or her work, rather than involving time and effort more in gossiping with fellow workers or colleagues in an office. Isolation is often a boon for those employees, who can get easily distracted in a social environment, for example, in an office; social gatherings can often distract employees, who love their work more than anything else. 

Thus, working remotely can be beneficial to an employee in several ways and also considered as an important factor for an employee growth in the corporate world.