Conducting business today is not the same as it was 20 years ago. Instead of opulent and finely appointed offices, companies today see the value in having employees work remotely.
In fact, since 2005, Global Workplace Analytics says that the non-self-employed population who regularly work from home has grown by 140%. This trend in telecommuting has seen more growth than the rest of the workforce in the past ten years, and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing down.
Here are just a few reasons that telecommuting from a home office has become the new norm.